Here’s a good example of two of the things we like about letterpress—typography and spontaneity.

Tray wanted to do a rather wide Mother’s Day card for a couple of special people in his life. He printed the card as a work and turn to get a more solid grip with our Vandercook Universal III. He will fold it into five panels. He grabbed one of our favorite wood faces, arranging it along a chaotic baseline.

This is what things looked like after printing.

Alas, our type has no apostrophe. BUT there is this broken lowercase T set back the corner of the case that will work (see it below). And as long as you are ending it in an exclamation point you might as well add a bit of typographic flair (also see that below).

We love the process of discovery that often makes pieces so different. Just harder to stumble upon wonderful accidents on the computer and far less fun when you actually have an apostrophe. Nicely done.

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