THE TOM PAINE PRINTING PRESS is now at 151 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1XU, UK. It is Peter Chasseaud's project for a working 18th-century ‘common press’ in the environment of an 18th century printing house, with type cases, cabinets, frames and the compositor’s ‘stone’. Posters, broadsheets, pamphlets and books will be printed on the press, which will also be used to show the complexities of letterpress technology and the crucial importance of the printed word in disseminating ideas.
Sunday, 13 April 2008
Type Case, Composing Frame, etc
The lay of the case: upper case (capital letters) on top, and lower case (minuscules) below.
A 17th century composing frame from Oxford, in the St Bride's Printing Museum and Library
The lay of the case: upper case (capital letters) on top, and lower case (minuscules) below.
A 17th century composing frame from Oxford, in the St Bride's Printing Museum and Library
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