The Ancient Craft of Xylography

For those who watch and enjoy our videos, we have the perfect TYPE of letterpress printed card for you! This card is great for Valentine’s Day or any other occasion! The text used is all individual letters of 36 point type that has been locked in the chase. Top line of “You’re my” is Sans Serif type. The word “TYPE” is set in the following typefaces from left to right: Cloister Initials, Crayonette, Old Dutch, and Cloister Black. The electrotype (copy of a woodcut) of the birds is from the Lewis

January 31st is Inspire Your Heart With Art Day! What better way to get your heart inspired than to visit a local museum? Museums are full of art after all! The Sacramento History Museum is open 7 days a week from 10am to 5pm, last admission at 4:30. With this said, are the things we letterpress print for some of our videos considered art? For today, Howard letterpress printed a hand carved woodcut from the Bill Gaylord Collection. This woodcut, made in the late 1800s, depicts the company logo f

We have an important message to share from the Sacramento History Museum. This was typeset in 30 point Caslon font and letterpress printed in rhodamine red rubber base ink. The woodcut of an automobile was made roughly 80 years ago. This was printed using a 3x5 Kelsey Excelsior tabletop printing press. The text reads: “We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty.” This print is available as part of a bundle of prints in our museum store! #SacHistoryMuseum #typography #asmr