Vorkurs
Sign in
Print

Letterpress and type

Set metal and wood type by hand, lock it up and print a run of cards and a two-colour poster.

Letterpress is printing from raised type, set letter by letter. In eight weeks you learn to set, lock up and print on the Albion and the proofing press, and finish with a two-colour poster of your own.

Paper, ink and type are the shop's; bring an idea for the poster by week five.

Taught by Ilse Marten. For beginners.

This course is full.

Syllabus

  1. Week 1
    • The case and the composing stickReading, 20 min
    • Setting your nameIn the shop, 90 min
  2. Week 2
    • Points, picas and leadingReading, 25 min
    • Quiz: measuring typeQuiz, 10 min
  3. Week 3
    • Locking up the formeIn the shop, 90 min
  4. Week 4
    • Inking and the first proofIn the shop, 120 min
  5. Week 5
    • Register and a second colourIn the shop, 120 min
  6. Week 6
    • Wood type and postersIn the shop, 120 min
  7. Week 8
    • Distributing the typeIn the shop, 60 min

Work to hand in

  • A set of name cardsDue Fri 23 Oct, marked out of 10
  • A two-colour posterDue Fri 20 Nov, marked out of 10