I recently took a week long letterpress course at the San Francisco Center for the Book. The Vandercooks are absolutely gorgeous and have functioned for 50+ years. In a world of built in obsolescence, these machines are refreshing.
SFCB has drawers and drawers full of type. We made a number of different projects. For the one below, I mixed a few different fonts and used both wood and metal letters for my broadside.
My broadside was inspired by the birth of my friend's little baby boy. Typesetting can be tedious but I think the results are well worth the effort.
That is really beautiful.
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