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The Whittington Press Open Day 2019

Pat Randle — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 08:49:27 +0000

This year our annual open day falls on the 7th September. The Press opens its doors at 1pm where we’ll have a selection of presses and Monotype casters in action. In addition we’ve invited other letterpress printers, binders and a

Vance Gerry & The Weather Bird Press

admin — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 18:01:00 +0000

In 2017 the Whittington Press will publish Vance Gerry & The Weather Bird Press in an edition of about 235 copies, illustrated with many of his linocuts and wood-engravings, for which we have the original blocks at Whittington. There will

A Miscellany of Type

admin — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 19:57:25 +0000

A Miscellany of Type, published in 1990 in an edition of 530 copies, marks a high point in the Press's output. Designed to be enjoyed as much for its content as its typographical displays, the basis for this book is the collection of Monotype faces held by the press.

The Whittington Press Open Day 2016

Pat Randle — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 08:08:49 +0000

This year our annual open day will take place on Saturday 3rd September, beginning at 1pm. Added to our usual array of UK based letterpress printers are Russell Maret and Gaylord Schanilec from the USA, Peter Allen from France and Annette Disslin from Germany. The

Matrix 34

Pat Randle — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 17:20:50 +0000

Matrix 34 hits the press next week and will encompass a wide variety of topics, united by its primary interest in printing by letterpress, from metal type. This preoccupation can take many forms, and includes this year: Printing at a

Venice by John Craig

Pat Randle — Thu, 12 May 2016 20:49:37 +0000

Venice is at last back from the binders, having been on the press for most of 2015. The 80 wood-engravings, and some linocuts, some with colour, have made the book a printer’s challenge. John Craig’s use of white space has,

Borders used by the Curwen Press

Pat Randle — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:13:43 +0000

The following extract is from Matrix 5: (click image to open slideshow) The Curwen Press finally passed onto the hands of the receiver in January 1984, and its largely irreplaceable stock of types was rescued from the melting pot in

Whittington Press Open Day/Presstival – 5th September 2015, 2 p.m.

Pat Randle — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 16:29:39 +0000

This year’s open day will be larger than ever, with some 27 stands showing the work of printers from Germany, Poland, Hungary, as well as the UK, including of course the Whittington Press and Nomad Letterpress. The Press will have

Baskerville

Pat Randle — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 21:03:57 +0000

Recently discovered at Whittington: the diecase for 24-point Baskerville,which went missing a while ago. It’s probable that only a handful of these were made (only 11 were made for 24-point Caslon), and this one is barely used, and comes with the

Matrix 5: The Curwen Press Collection in Cambridge University Library, by John Dreyfus

Pat Randle — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 14:46:57 +0000

The Curwen Press can be regarded as the high point of mid-twentieth century creative, commercial letterpress, and no one was better qualified to describe it than John Dreyfus – successor to Stanley Morison as typographic advisor to the Monotype Corporation,

The Wrington Wharfdale by Bernard Seward

Pat Randle — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:24:25 +0000

In about 1988 I went down to visit Organs with Bernard Seward, somewhere on the outskirts of Bristol. My recollection is of a large rather unprepossessing looking shed, inside which was a Printers’ Aladdin’s Cave. Most of the floor space

Matrix 33

Pat Randle — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:39:29 +0000

Matrix 33 will contain some 160 pages, including 8 pages of colour plates; type specimens printed in France, Italy, America and the UK; and many other linocut, and line and colour illustrations. The contents will include: ‘A Hard Rain’s Gonna