Fall of Autumn Filmstrip: Letterpress Printing

[THEinterrobang]

a valiant effort, but so much incorrect terminology. beware!

[filledwithpride]

5:55 ! We were watching this in class..and we had the sound turned up high... My teacher heard... and said " Who said "shit?"

[Mechanoid5]

Very informative, but the music has to go.

[olliesanders]

Great video, thank you :)

[caoquendo]

Truly... this is a great video. Short and right to the point. Thanks for share. =)

[MrJohnnyeatsmonkeys]

What kind if presses are you using? I've been trying to get my hands on a smaller, hand operated one instead of the massive, self operated ones.

[rweerakkody4565]

amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

[ahood99]

@ 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

[razor71927]

@ahood99 That's because he knows it looks terrible and he does not want to embarrass himself.

[ahood99]

@razor71927 hahahahaha maybe, why make such an in depth video and not show the end result. I think ur right

[markbrine]

it's not a crank...it's a quion key!!! 

[johnwalterswalk]

The letter 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 letter M. Even more unlikely is to have an N that's actually half the width of the M in the same font.

Beautiful press and setup you got there!

[osut688]

I took printing in school back in 1971 thru 1974. First thing was learn the California Job case layout. Our clever old teacher made it easy and interesting to memorize it. VUTAR on the bottom, LMNHOYPW, [comma] in the middle, and BCDEISFG on the top line. How he explained it was~ the top line stood for "Be Careful Driving Elephants In Small Ford Garages", the middle row stood for "Let Me Now Help Out Your Punctuation With Comma. Can't remember the words for bottom row of letters.

[osut688]

I took printing in school back in 1971 thru 1974. First thing was learn the California Job case layout. Our clever old teacher made it easy and interesting to memorize it. VUTAR on the bottom, LMNHOYPW, [comma] in the middle, and BCDEISFG on the top line. How he explained it was~ the top line stood for "Be Careful Driving Elephants In Small Ford Garages", the middle row stood for "Let Me Now Help Out Your Punctuation With Comma. Can't remember the words for bottom row of letters.

[THEinterrobang]

Quads are not used for "kerning"....

"coppers & brasses... those are called "thin spaces"...

Turn the volume down to avoid mis-information....

[osut688]

@THEinterrobang Kern is the part of the type face that overhangs the actual body of the type. It was usually on fancy Italic roman type faces.....

[ChateauOfADoubt]

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.

[johng122]

Web site HEIDELBERG REPAIR for offset and letterpress help.

[songsfromahat]

Great video Alan! Thinking about taking the IPRC's printing class now.

[TheRomanCatholic]

Very interesting.

[charley1043]

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

[cannoir]

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!

[valerie2776]

! This was extremely interesting, but dang it Alan, I wanted to see the finished product! :P

[monstertomonster]

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.. )

[johng122]

Checkout HEIDELBERG REPAIR.

[littlebigot]

Why the hell did you not show us what you printed? A bit of a pointless video if you ask me.

[spandexPOP]

prepare for wh!zbang #2.

[Berriiblue]

thanks so much I have an exam on this tomorrow and this really helps!

[charlottepoet]

so great to see videos about letterpress :)

such a great artform

[vaxatious]

thank you! great work!

[mak020989]

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

[bigmetaldude]

Alan, this is an awesome video. You really need to make more documentary-style videos.

[sketchpadcoffee]

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. :D thanks

[the5regularguys]

Man, never had a chance to try any Letterpress, always wanted to.

Although, it seems to take a while to piece together.

[SHEX323]

flexo printing rules

[scooper1960]

wow, takes me back to college!!!

[miki10ic]

excellent =), thanx!

[toobbee]

i have the same paper cutter!

great vid too

[Scarysek]

Great work! Please keep posting videos like this one.

/Your new youtube subscriber ;-)

[insektgod]

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.

[expresspress]

Very cool!

I have a printing business in NY on Long Island and I found this very interesting. I still like the quality that comes from the good old fashion printing press.

[fallofautumndistro]

Thanks for watching expresspress! There's not much that can beat letterpress. =)

[veritasguy01]

Excellent....

We operate a large volume ( 3 presses ) design and letterpress studio in Greenwich Village in Manhattan and really enjoy your video and work.

[fallofautumndistro]

Thank you for watching veritasguy01. =)

[anapocket]

thanks for sharing.

In university i had some classes about it, but this video is inspiring.

ana, graphic design student, Brazil

[fallofautumndistro]

Thanks anapocket. Good luck with your classes.

[lobell74]

as an old pressman I must say you made an excellent little film. But - your hands are too clean (other than the notes on them) lol. Great job!

[esoty]

amazing video, thanks for sharing!

[kamelhead]

great overview! lots of good info in there. nice production values too.

[maitaimermaid]

this is exactly what I was looking for!

[ChristopherTod]

Yeah. I am in love.  Thank you for this. I now know what is next in my life.

christopher tod

[fallofautumndistro]

Hey Christopher, good to hear the filmstrip was inspiring. =)

[cubbymovie]

I love what you do. Keep it up, man.

[fallofautumndistro]

Thanks Michael for your support and encouragement.

[CurlyHeadedGurl]

this is quite fascinating, I must say :) 5/5! WOO!

[fallofautumndistro]

Thanks CHG! =)