We are going to use this blog entry to link to films we find interesting that explain letterpress.

Making Books | 1957 | 9:54
Lead Graffiti has an Intertype line caster like shown in the film.

Mad for Books | 5:52
An excellent production about the excitement of letterpress.

American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print | 8:01
Hatch Show Print in Nashville, TN

Hamilton Type Museum | 6:34
Trailer for the film Type Face. Nice section on making wood type.

Pictorial Webster’s: Inspiration to Completion | 7:56
From the discovery of the 1898 International Dictionary to linotyping the entries to printing the last print on the vandercook to cutting the fingertabs of the deluxe edition, this video gives a quick overview of the process of creating the Pictorial Webster’s fine press edition.

Alan Kitching at the Typography Workshop: Part 1 / Eye Magazine | 2:05 | Part 2 | 2:32 | Part 3 | 2:51
Jill’s and my first hands on experience with letterpress was with Alan on our 2002 VCUK studio abroad to London. Meeting him changed our lives.

Learning to Set Type: how to use a composing stick | 10:20

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