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February 15, 2016
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Interrobang‽

By Richard Small | Letterpress, museums, Prints, Process | No Comments

Printed as my submission to the open entry exhibition ‘Interrobang’ at the renowned Dichling Museum of Arts & Crafts, this poster was created as my answer to a very open brief (ie: print…

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February 3, 2016
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Farley Proofing Press catalogue, c1971

By Richard Small | Equipment, Farley, Letterpress | No Comments

I’ve been trying to track down information on my Farley proofing press since I first picked it up a couple of years ago, but it seems that documentation is actually…

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January 26, 2016
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Letterpress Valentine’s cards

By Richard Small | Adana, Letterpress, Prints, Process | No Comments

Posting this a little early, so here’s hoping that the wife doesn’t read this blog too often… Last week I started thinking about Valentine’s day cards. For the first time, this…

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December 14, 2015
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Ho! Ho! Ho! – Letterpress Christmas Card exchange 2015

By Richard Small | Letterpress, Ludlow, Prints, Process, studios | No Comments

Well, 2015 flew past. It seemed like yesterday I was racking my brains trying to figure out how to print last year’s snowflake effort. Here’s a writeup of my more…

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May 26, 2015
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Arab Crown Folio rebuild

By Richard Small | Arab Crown Folio, Equipment, Letterpress, Process | 3 Comments

Following the collection of my Arab Crown Folio from North Wales, the press has been sat in pieces in a warehouse waiting to be put back together. I would have loved to have…

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May 14, 2015
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Bristol Festival of Print 2015

By Richard Small | Equipment, Farley, Letterpress, Prints, Process, studios | No Comments

Last year I went along to the first Bristol Festival of Print, hosted by the Letterpress Collective at the Centrespace gallery in the city centre. I was heading there to…

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May 12, 2015
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New Press – Arab Crown Folio

By Richard Small | Equipment, trips | No Comments

So, I accidentally bought an Arab Crown Folio last week at a house clearance auction. Fully expecting to not win, I submitted a bid on the website, below the estimate price…

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May 11, 2015
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Typique letterpress shop, Amsterdam

By Richard Small | Letterpress | No Comments

On a recent trip to Amsterdam, I was recommended by Armina Ghazaryan to visit Typique – a letterpress shop in the City Centre. Run by Rene Treumann since 1967. This shop is the…

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May 11, 2015
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Neon Muzeum Warsawa

By Richard Small | museums, trips | No Comments

Back in March I was fortunate enough to head to Warsaw, Poland, with work. I had a day to spare and managed to find time to get to the Neon…

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February 24, 2015
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The Type Archive, London

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress, museums, Process, trips | 14 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled across a link on Twitter from Dan Rhatigan (Monotype Type Director) about an open evening at The Type Archive in South London – a place I’ve…

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January 8, 2015
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Neon Museum Las Vegas

By Richard Small | museums, trips | No Comments

Today I found myself with a couple of hours to spare whilst on a work trip to CES in Las Vegas. Having decided earlier in the week that I am…

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December 3, 2014
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Letterpress Christmas Card exchange 2014

By Richard Small | Adana, Farley, Letterpress, Prints, Process, studios, trips | No Comments

1 crazy idea, 2 presses, 3 days, 4 impressions, 50 stamps, lots of swearing. Christmas card exchange 2014 – done.

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October 20, 2014
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A visit to The Arm NYC

By Richard Small | Letterpress, Prints, Process, studios, trips | No Comments

This summer we took our holiday in and around New York City. We stayed a few days in Manhattan, then road-tripped all the way up to Lake Placid, before heading…

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October 13, 2014
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The Master Speed – Robert Frost

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress, Prints, Process | No Comments

At our wedding in September 2013, our good friend made a beautiful reading of The Master Speed by Robert Frost. It is such a poignant poem and linked really nicely…

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October 12, 2014
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Letterpress typecase labels

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress, Process | No Comments

This is something I’ve wanted to do even before I got my first type cabinet. Earlier this year I finally managed to make a space in the flat, get the…

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September 29, 2014
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Meescombe

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress, Prints, Process | No Comments

Made this print for our friends (The Meescombes). It’s a combination of their last names and they are just about to welcome their debut child into the world. With the…

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September 16, 2014
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Whittington Press open day – Presstival 2014

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress | No Comments

The first weeks of September are a very important time for me each year, as they coincide with my wedding anniversary Presstival. In 2012, I had just had a knee operation…

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July 21, 2014
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Some wedding letterpress printing

By Richard Small | Farley, Letterpress, Prints, Process | No Comments

I’d just managed to get a new press to my flat in London (thanks Pat), and had about 4 hours at home before heading off to a wedding in Wales….

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July 16, 2014
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Ludlow matrix identification gauge

By Richard Small | Letterpress | No Comments

These Ludlow matrix gauges are hard to come by, so much so that if I were to lose my one I’d be buggered. So, I decided it might be a…

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July 16, 2014
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Letterpress Christmas card exchange 2013

By Richard Small | Adana, Letterpress, Prints, Process | No Comments

Once again, I joined in the UK Letterpress Christmas Card exchange. This year Phil Treble passed the baton to Jacqui Sharples, of Print for Love of Wood fame, and she…

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June 20, 2014
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Farley Proof Press feedboard – Making of

By Richard Small | Equipment, Farley, Letterpress | No Comments

When I got my Farley Proofing press, it came without a feedboard, which is essential for using this machine efficiently. After contacting everyone I know and trawling libraries (St. Brides)…

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January 28, 2014
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Mr and Mr

By Richard Small | Farley, Letterpress, Prints | 3 Comments

For New Year’s Eve we were invited to our friends’ wedding celebrations (an awesome night!). Adam and Marc were celebrating on a boat, with guest-provided cabaret (brilliant), just down the…

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January 7, 2014
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A visit to LCBA

By Richard Small | Letterpress, Process | No Comments

In the Summer I had the opportunity to visit long-time internet friend Nick from Yorkshire-based The Print Project as he was teaching a Letterpress course at the London Centre for…

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August 30, 2013
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Wedding invites

By Richard Small | Adana, Equipment, Farley, Letterpress, Ludlow, Prints, Process, Wedding Invites | No Comments

Well, that was a hell of a project. I may have (ever so slightly, maybe) blown the production budget of £150, but it was well worth it and I’m really…

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August 30, 2013
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Beer mats

By Richard Small | Adana, Letterpress, Prints, Wedding Invites | 2 Comments

Relax! We don’t have toilets yet, or even enough electricity at our wedding barn, but we can relax in the knowledge that any drink spills will be mopped up by…

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August 30, 2013
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Sparkling Perry Upcycling

By Richard Small | Adana, Letterpress, Prints, Process | No Comments

With the wedding coming up, we’ve had to sort out loads of stuff. One of the most important things will be the booze. I’m not one for champagne, so for…

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August 30, 2013
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Huzzah!

By Richard Small | Adana, Letterpress | 2 Comments

Quick print for Mum’s birthday. Yellow ink with gold bronzing powder on white card.

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August 30, 2013
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A leaving present

By Richard Small | Adana, Letterpress | No Comments

My colleague, Daigo, was due to return to Tokyo after three years living in the UK. In keeping with my current map theme, I overprinted his name on a cycling…

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August 30, 2013
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Save the dates

By Richard Small | Letterpress, Prints, Wedding Invites | No Comments

I’m getting married in September, which is a perfect excuse to print loads of stuff. First up was our ‘Save the Dates’… Our wedding is literally in the middle of…

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August 30, 2013
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It works!

By Richard Small | Letterpress, Ludlow | 2 Comments

The Ludlow works! I was sceptical, but always hopeful that it would be fine but after 15 years sitting in a shed there was always a chance that it wouldn’t…

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March 31, 2013
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Hot metal lesson at The Elrod Press

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress, Ludlow, Process | 6 Comments

When I realised that I was getting myself into type casting, with the acquisition of my Ludlow Typograph, I went on the hunt for information about the machine and process….

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March 30, 2013
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2 colour printing

By Richard Small | Adana, Letterpress, Prints | No Comments

Finally had some spare time to get a but of printing done last week. A good friend of mine managed to get a new job so thought I’d knock together…

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March 30, 2013
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Farley Proofing Press

By Richard Small | Equipment, Farley, Letterpress | One Comment

My last few weeks have been pretty hectic to say the least. On the same day I was picking up the Ludlow I got a call from a lovely-sounding lady…

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March 23, 2013
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Ludlow Matrix Guide

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress | 2 Comments

I finally went back to see Peter, the guy I got my Ludlow from to have a chat without having to lift anything. Over a cup of tea, he very…

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February 6, 2013
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London Centre for Book Arts

By Richard Small | Letterpress, museums | One Comment

In November last year I got the chance to go and visit Simon Goode up at the London Centre for Book Arts to mainly say hello and lend a hand….

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February 4, 2013
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The Ludlow Typograph

By Richard Small | Letterpress | 9 Comments

My old man is a scrap man. Well, not quite, but he buys and sells special metals for recycling. This means that he spends a lot of times visiting scrapyards…

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February 4, 2013
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Christmas printing

By Richard Small | Letterpress, Prints, Process | No Comments

Leading up to Christmas I joined up to a letterpress Christmas card exchange. Expertly organised by Phil Treble, there were around 20 printers around the country sending cards out in…

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January 14, 2013
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Peerless Printing Press & Type for sale in Putney, London

By Richard Small | Letterpress | 13 Comments

Last week I got an email from someone saying that they’ve just bought a house and had a shed full of type and an old Peerless No.2 printing press in…

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September 25, 2012
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3D Printing process

By Richard Small | Letterpress | 3 Comments

I got some images back yesterday of the new press part being built. It’s looking great in my opinion and with a little bit of tempering and some fine-tuned machining,…

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September 11, 2012
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More 3D scanning images

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress, Process | No Comments

I got sent some more images of the scanning process of my broken bracket today from Materials Solutions. Here you can see the two broken pieces more clearly, and a…

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September 10, 2012
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Broken press update – 3D printing & scanning

By Richard Small | Equipment, Process | No Comments

As you know, my Peerless platen press cracked during a print run a few weeks back. It was the ink disk bracket that must have weakened over the many years,…

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September 4, 2012
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Printing on two presses

By Richard Small | Adana, Equipment, Letterpress, Wedding Invites | No Comments

After the nightmare of a broken press midway through a job (one of my first), I reverted back to my trusty Adana to finish these invites. I had to print…

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August 31, 2012
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A printers worst nightmare…

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress | One Comment

Was happily printing away this morning, the press was oiled and running smoothly, and I was not printing with too much impression… then an almighty crack. The bracket holding the…

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August 28, 2012
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Chase Base in the UK

By Richard Small | Adana, Equipment, Letterpress, Process | No Comments

Finally, there is someone in the UK offering a chase base and platemaking system similar to the well-know Boxcar sevice over the other side of the pond. I’d always been…

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August 25, 2012
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Tokyo Printing Museum

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress, museums, Prints | 4 Comments

Back in May, I was lucky enough to visit Japan again with work and managed to find an hour in my schedule to finally visit the Tokyo Printing Museum. After…

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August 22, 2012
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Peerless press for sale – SOLD

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress | No Comments

Hi All, Just found someone who is looking to sell their Peerless Platen press, a great machine and something I searched for nearly 2 years for. Simon Goode, has the…

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August 21, 2012
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Spacing

By Richard Small | Equipment, Process | No Comments

Since I’d pulled all the good type from my Printers Pie, I figured it was time to organise all of the various spaces and quotations that were left into size…

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August 20, 2012
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Kirkwood McLean cards

By Richard Small | Letterpress, Prints | No Comments

I had the opportunity to make some business cards for a friend last week who was beginning life as boss of his own architecture company, Kirkwood McLean. Based on their…

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August 15, 2012
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Florent & Emmanuelle’s Wedding Invites

By Richard Small | Adana, Letterpress, Prints, Wedding Invites | One Comment

A few months ago, our great friends from France, Florent and Emmanuelle, came over to print their wedding invites with us. They also brought some home-made Tartiflette, which is the…

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August 1, 2012
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Letterpresser Calling Cards

By Richard Small | Adana, Letterpress, Prints, Process | No Comments

I finally got round to printing some calling cards last night. I used the striking combination of black and red ink on a bright white Lettra 600gsm stock to create…

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July 31, 2012
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First pull on the press

By Richard Small | Letterpress, Prints, Process | No Comments

As we had named the Peerless press Ivor, I thought it only fitting that the first print on the machine should be a name plate for it. Using 12-line type…

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July 29, 2012
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Photos by Toril

By Richard Small | Letterpress, Process | No Comments

We spent a weekend printing on Ivor recently and the amazingly talented photographer Toril Brancher snapped some lovely detailed pictures of my antique press. More after the jump…

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July 27, 2012
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Birthday Cards

By Richard Small | Adana, Letterpress, Process | No Comments

We were off to visit Toril & Carl for their birthday last weekend and wanted to make some special cards for them. Combining an 8-line wooden grotesk font and some…

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July 26, 2012
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Katherine’s Cards

By Richard Small | Adana, Letterpress, Process | No Comments

Katherine (my girlfriend) needed some simple business cards made, so what better way than to bring out the Adana, cut down some Lettra paper and get pressing. The simple black…

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July 26, 2012
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Meet Ivor

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress | 3 Comments

After searching high and low for a couple of years, I finally found a suitable and available floor standing platen press to add to my two table-top Adanas. I wanted…

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July 25, 2012
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Printers Pie…

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress | No Comments

One of my first acquisitions of metal type was from a scrap yard. I managed to track down around 60kg of printers pie a few years back. It turned out…

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July 21, 2012
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Welcome to Letterpresser

By Richard Small | Equipment, Letterpress | No Comments

Welcome to Letterpresser. Now I know that isn’t a technical term, but it was the best I could think of that summed up my adventures. I’m a print geek stuck…

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