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Matrix, a 35-volume typographical romance

Pat Randle — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 10:20:53 +0000

Matrix; a typographical romance.

The Puffin by Peter Allen

Pat Randle — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 10:11:53 +0000

The Puffin by Peter Allen

Matrix 35

Pat Randle — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:10:34 +0000

Matrix 35 looks like being an unusually full and varied issue (even by its own standards, see over). We break our golden rule of ignoring the outpourings of the Whittington Press: there is a telling account of the . . .

Whittington Summer Show, 2018

Pat Randle — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 17:29:26 +0000

Whittignton Summer Show poster, 2017.

Apple Girl

Pat Randle — Sat, 05 May 2018 11:44:48 +0000

Apple Girl by Andrew Anderson

Garden Birds Gather

Pat Randle — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:33:58 +0000

Gardens Birds Gather was originally intended for production at the Whittington Press Open Day on 3 September where Peter is usually able to work under bright skies. Sadly rain intervened in 2016 and until now the poster, like the birds, has been kept

Matrix 34

Pat Randle — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:37:03 +0000

Matrix 34 encompasses 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 . . .

Matrix 33

Pat Randle — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 12:29:28 +0000

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

Caslon 12-point extra sorts fount

Pat Randle — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:30:11 +0000

‘Why are William Caslon’s types so excellent and so famous? To explain this & make it really clear . . .

It’s Hard to Tell a Lie

Pat Randle — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:36:26 +0000

This quotation appeared on James Mosley’s blog, and it appealed to us as Caslon (used here) is our favourite face. 60 copies were printed for the 2009 open day, and for the Caslon Club, an esoteric group whose membership is

Rose’s Aga Recipes

admin — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:51:30 +0000

Text by Rosalind Randle, linocuts by Judith Verity, this classic of kitchen literature and family life has gone through five editions.

A Vision of Order, 2011

admin — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:49:19 +0000

Andrew Anderson’s linocuts on a monumental scale. Indescribable, but the inspiration probably includes mediaeval architecture, Eric Gill, the holy spirit, and the tradition of fine printing on an Albion press.