CCAD Packard Library: Book & Paper Arts: Letterpress

Letterpress Books & DVDs

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Briar Press
A community of letterpress printers, book artists, and press enthusiasts dedicated to the preservation of letterpress-era equipment and the art of fine printing.
Cincinnati Type & Print Museum
Has a mission to preserve letterpress printing as an art form, to give artists the ability to create, and to provide training on how to work the machines.
Columbus Printed Arts Center
Inkjet and traditional print equipment and classes. Letterpress, too!
The Cranky Pressman
Cranky Pressman is a commercial letterpress located in Salem, OH.
Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum
The only museum dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type.
Hatch Show Print
The legendary Nashville print shop.
The Ladies of Letterpress
Dedicated to the proposition that a woman's place is in the print shop.
Moore Wood Type
Columbus-area retired industrial arts teacher Scott Moore is reviving the art of carving wood type.
The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection
A comprehensive collection of wood type manufactured and used for printing in America during the nineteenth century.
Wood Type Research
A blog of current research in wood type design, manufacture and use during the 19th and 20th centuries by Professor David Shields, design curator of the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection.