Tweeterpress

Texas student Wu Ch is printing tweets using wood type from the Wu Ch is printing tweets using wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection. By letterpressing people's tweets she is aiming to counterbalance our fast-paced and impersonal world.

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"One of the restraints I gave myself whilst outlining the project was to avoid new technology(Illustrator and InDesign) as much as possible in the production of the project. The idea is to take the digital into the analog, the current into the archaic, and recontextualize the analog version through digital platforms such as twitter and tumblr . I would send a copy of each letterpress poster to its respective tweeter along with this cover letter to explain the project."

more pictures here

73 letterpress

Ian Coyle, a designer and creative director living in Portland, Oregon, decided to print his daily thoughts for 73 straight days. "Some were random, some pertinent, it was a great way to end each day." Printed on 1950's Asbern Proof Press using newsprint and wood type. Some of them sound as New Year's resolutions to me.

Enjoy the collection of 73 letterpress thoughts!

Wood Typography Engraving

Very nice laser engraved typography work by Ben Johnston, a graphic designer based in Cape Town, South Africa. With custom engraved type treatments, he converted wine barrel lids into wall hanging cheeseboards.

found via behance

Wood type by Lead Graffiti

12 line Bradley as the first font of wood type

Many of those who is printing with wood type had to work with damaged wood letters of incomplete letter cases. Lead Graffiti design studio came up with a solution to make letters from endgrain Rock Maple using random sized blocks which helps counter any warping and with as accurate a type height as is achievable in wood (which shrinks and expands based on humidity and temperature). This technique gives a lot of opportunities: creating a new (own) wood type, replacement of damaged letters etc. 
So, if you have missing characters you can supply a proof and Lead Graffiti will supply it in wood. Great!

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