www.fallofautumn.com Eνеr wonder hοw letterpress printing works? Thіѕ іѕ thе following filmstrip іn a series Alan hopes tο complete οn thе various printing techniques іn υѕе today. Blending education wіth ideology, thе filmstrip presents a rυn down οf thе different раrtѕ аnd processes οf setting уουr type аnd printing via thе letterpress wіth Philip Cheaney. Filmed аt thе Self-determining Publishing Resource Center іn Portland, OR. Fοr thе first installment οn offset printing, click here www.youtube.com Abridged аnd produced bу Alan Lastufka. Cameraperson: Joe Biel. Music: Fugazi, imadethismistake аnd Geoff Shilling. Special thanks tο Philip Cheaney. Distributed bу www.fallofautumn.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5
April 29th, 2011 on 6:27 pm
5:55 ! We were watching this in class..and we had the sound turned up high… My teacher heard… and said ” Who said “shit?”
April 29th, 2011 on 7:10 pm
Very informative, but the music has to go.
April 29th, 2011 on 7:34 pm
Fantastic video, thank you
April 29th, 2011 on 7:46 pm
Truly… this is a fantastic video. Fleeting and right to the point. Thanks for share. =)
April 29th, 2011 on 8:24 pm
What kind if presses are you by? I’ve been trying to get my hands on a smaller, hand operated one instead of the massive, self operated ones.
April 29th, 2011 on 9:10 pm
incredible!!!!!!!!!!!
April 29th, 2011 on 9:44 pm
@razor71927 hahahahaha maybe, why make such an in depth video and not show the end result. I reckon ur right
April 29th, 2011 on 9:51 pm
@ahood99 That’s since he knows it looks terrible and he does not want to embarrass himself.
April 29th, 2011 on 9:57 pm
@ 0:44 he states the best thing about the form of printing is seeing the final piece, haha then he doesn’t show us the final piece
April 29th, 2011 on 10:57 pm
it’s not a crank…it’s a quion key!!!
April 29th, 2011 on 11:19 pm
The epistle M has nothing to do with the Em-Quad mate.
Check out any of your fonts and tell me which one has an Em-Quad that matches the epistle M. Even more unlikely is to have an N that’s really half the width of the M in the same font.
Gorgeous press and setup you got here!
April 29th, 2011 on 11:22 pm
@THEinterrobang
Kern is the part of the type face that overhangs the real body of the type. It was usually on fancy Italic roman type faces…..
April 30th, 2011 on 12:19 am
I took printing in school back in 1971 thru 1974. First thing was learn the California Job case layout.
Our clever ancient teacher made it simple and fascinating to memorize it. VUTAR on the bottom, LMNHOYPW, [comma] in the median, and BCDEISFG on the top line.
How he clarified it was~ the top line stood for “Be Careful Driving Elephants In Small Ford Garages”, the median row stood for “Let Me Now Help Out Your Punctuation With Comma.
Can’t remember the words for bottom row of letters.
April 30th, 2011 on 12:47 am
I took printing in school back in 1971 thru 1974. First thing was learn the California Job case layout.
Our clever ancient teacher made it simple and fascinating to memorize it. VUTAR on the bottom, LMNHOYPW, [comma] in the median, and BCDEISFG on the top line.
How he clarified it was~ the top line stood for “Be Careful Driving Elephants In Small Ford Garages”, the median row stood for “Let Me Now Help Out Your Punctuation With Comma.
Can’t remember the words for bottom row of letters.
April 30th, 2011 on 1:41 am
Quads are not used for “kerning”….
“coppers & brasses… persons are called “thin chairs”…
Turn the volume down to avoid mis-information….
April 30th, 2011 on 2:03 am
Someday I’ll utilize that diagram to systematize my type in my case.
Someday I’ll utilize my type and my press to make something awesome.
April 30th, 2011 on 2:09 am
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April 30th, 2011 on 2:17 am
Fantastic video Alan! Thinking about taking the IPRC’s printing class now.
April 30th, 2011 on 2:57 am
Very fascinating.
April 30th, 2011 on 3:54 am
Nice to see my ancient trade on the new information media. I have been a typesetter, linotype machinist, paste-up and proofprinter, planner and plate maker and now i am retired-i feel like a museum piece with all these disapearing technics-thanks-bill de groot-the netherlands
April 30th, 2011 on 4:16 am
wOh! you gotta be freakin’ kidding meh, where is the real print ? all that “how/to” and we don’t get to see the result ? SMH!
April 30th, 2011 on 5:09 am
! This was extremely fascinating, but dang it Alan, I sought after to see the finished product!
April 30th, 2011 on 5:30 am
what? a teacher by one of your videos to teach her students how to use a letterpress at san francisco state?
i was sitting here and all of a hasty i thought “hm.. fall of autumn..coincidence?” until the credits rolled and i saw your name.
congrats. my teacher has shown this video to hundreds of Design and Industry students.
(she did say that she wished the guy would stop mumbling tho.. )
April 30th, 2011 on 5:48 am
Checkout HEIDELBERG REPAIR.
April 30th, 2011 on 6:03 am
Why the hell did you not show us what you printed? A bit of a pointless video if you question me.