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Book Arts Workshop - Letterpress Orientation Session

This workshop will be held in two sessions on consecutive Tuesdays from 6:30 - 9 p.m. Attendance at both sessions is required.

4/7/2015
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Baker Library, Room 25
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Workshops & Training
Registration required.

The Letterpress workshops require a mandatory introductory orientation session for all newcomers to learn the basics of typesetting and press work. The session will begin with a brief discussion of the history and process of Letterpress Printing. After a tour of the workshop participants will set a short poem or paragraph in type that will be printed on a Vandercook press. Emphasis will be placed on the proper techniques of setting hand type, press work, and the selection of appropriate type faces. We will also look at the various styles of type in the shop with a discussion of basic typographical design. No previous experience is required and all materials, tools, and equipment are provided. Be sure to bring either a short poem of no more than 10 to 14 lines, or a quotation of the equivalent number of lines.

Instructor: Bob Metzler

To Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/letterpress-workshop-orientation-session-registration-16035146555

 

For more information, contact:
Sarah Smith
sarah.m.smith@dartmouth.edu
646-8817
Permanent URL to this event: https://arthistory.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=33992

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