Fall of Autumn Filmstrip: Letterpress Printing
http://www.fallofautumn.com
Ever wonder how letterpress printing works?
This is the second filmstrip in a series Alan hopes to complete on the various printing techniques in use today. Blending education with ideology, the filmstrip presents a run down of the different parts and processes of setting your type and printing via the letterpress with Philip Cheaney. Filmed at the Independent Publishing Resource Center in Portland, OR.
For the first installment on offset printing, click here:
Edited and produced by Alan Lastufka. Cameraperson: Joe Biel. Music: Fugazi, imadethismistake and Geoff Shilling. Special thanks to Philip Cheaney. Distributed by http://www.fallofautumn.com
Duration : 0:6:57
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Quads are not used …
Quads are not used for “kerning”….
“coppers & brasses… those are called “thin spaces”…
Turn the volume down to avoid mis-information….
Someday I’ll …
Someday I’ll utilize that diagram to organize my type in my case.
Someday I’ll utilize my type and my press to make something awesome.
Web site HEIDELBERG …
Web site HEIDELBERG REPAIR for offset and letterpress help.
Great video Alan! …
Great video Alan! Thinking about taking the IPRC’s printing class now.
Very interesting.
Very interesting.
Nice to see my old …
Nice to see my old trade on the new information media. I have been a typesetter, linotype operator, 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
wOh! you gotta be …
wOh! you gotta be freakin’ kidding meh, where is the actual print ? all that “how/to” and we don’t get to see the result ? SMH!
! This was …
! This was extremely interesting, but dang it Alan, I wanted to see the finished product!
what? a teacher …
what? a teacher using one of your videos to teach her students how to use a letterpress at san francisco state?
i was sitting there and all of a sudden 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.. )
Checkout HEIDELBERG …
Checkout HEIDELBERG REPAIR.
Why the did …
Why the did you not show us what you printed? A bit of a pointless video if you ask me.
prepare for wh! …
prepare for wh!zbang #2.
thanks so much I …
thanks so much I have an exam on this tomorrow and this really helps!
so great to see …
so great to see videos about letterpress
such a great artform
thank you! great …
thank you! great work!
the most educative …
the most educative video on letterpress i have ever seen. than you so much, really helped me understand the process for my DT coursework and also my AS/A level exam
Alan, this is an …
Alan, this is an awesome video. You really need to make more documentary-style videos.
I think …
thanks
I think letterpress’ing is fantastic, certainly an awesome docu’ showing the actual in’s & out’s of letterpress printing. I learned afew key things there, to get me on my way to being a letterpress man myself.
Man, never had a …
Man, never had a chance to try any Letterpress, always wanted to.
Although, it seems to take a while to piece together.
flexo printing rules
flexo printing rules
wow, takes me back …
wow, takes me back to college!!!
excellent =), thanx!
excellent =), thanx!
i have the same …
i have the same paper cutter!
great vid too
Great work! Please …
Great work! Please keep posting videos like this one.
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Thanks for sharing …
Thanks for sharing operational tips… “3 pieces of furniture to the edge of the chase”. Too many letterpress videos are pre-occupied with traditionalizing or zooming on the wheels and “bite”. This shows not just what a press can do but how a person can use a press. The gems shared here make a difference.
Thank you from the depths of the grease beneath my nails.