Fall of Autumn Filmstrip: Letterpress Printing

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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:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClbQL_...

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

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[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.

[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

[ApsleyPaperTrail]

Nice video and good explanation. Used to hear the expression 'mind your Ps and Qs' as a child, but never knew that the origins of it were in Letterpress Printing!

[Fred Bivins]

This won't let me respond to the video, so I have to piggyback on this post. I'm a letterpress printer and I have to correct something stated in this video. Em quads and En quads have nothing whatsoever to do with the width of an M or an N. An Em quad is a square space the same width as the height of the type. An En quad is half the width of an Em quad.

[Vicko Zoomba]

I'm a time served letterpress printer and his terminology is perfect.

[THEinterrobang]

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

[Cintia Samaha]

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.

[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!!!!!!!!!!!