A Type-Filled Weds Morning

I spent a few lovely hours in the studio this morning, selecting fonts to offer for Personalized Stationery; am working on catalog to take with me to shows so you can see the available styles & options, and place your orders then and there.

This is the selection, and I pulled the "&" when available- you don't want to order 'Ashley & Trent' cards if the ampersand is ugly, or not available in that font. Some of these have been on my list for a while but there are a few new additions:

Old Style 24pt is virgin type- This was the first time it had EVER been used.
It didn't have a name but the "l" looked familiar from the Typography video I shared earlier this week,
and so for now, it's called Old Style.

Also printed a sample for a new invitation design, now available in the shop.

When printing some stationery with that flourish, I though it'd make a pretty invitation.

Listened to my Pandora station for The Smiths while out there. I love little 80s dance parties while printing:

Cheers,
ashley

The History of Typography

Here's a neat little video that Trent shared with me on the History of Typography. It's pretty well done!

The History of Typography - Animated Short from Ben Barrett-Forrest on Vimeo.

And if you're curious which of the fonts mentioned do we have in metal form, we have Bodoni, Egyptian, and Futura.

Cheers,
ashley

Show & Tell: 6pt Type

So we all know how small 6pt type is on MS Word, right? It's small. But do you know how small it is in the letterpress printing world?

Doesn't look so bad, right? It's a B, no problem.

Innocent little "B" in 6pt Bank Gothic Medium

But when compared to a plain bobby pin?

Yikes! That is small! I'm only 30 but I'd need to find that little magnifying glass to read some of the letters!

What's really cool about this set though, is it's never been used and is still in it's original wrapping! Was found during move #2- how strange that we missed it with the first move. I love that I'm always finding "new" things though.

Personally, this set is too small for me. I've got some 6pts that I do use, but consider this one For Sale. (Email if interested.)

So anyway, thought I'd share a little something from the printing world with you. If there's anything you'd be interested in seeing, leave a comment or shoot us an email.

Cheers!

Playing with type...

When the rollers are inked and there's still time to print, what is one to do? Play, of course!

Had some sample papers to test out and a fun ornate partial-alphabet to try, which prints very crisply! : )