I acquired my first set of type before I knew too much about letterpress, at the 2008 Handmade and Bound book and zine fair, held at St Aloysius Social Club near Euston, London. Amongst the stacks of gorgeous handmade books and awesome zines, I found this little beauty – a full alphabet of what looks like typewriter font, hand cut out of erasers!
How very impressive – I think this was the product someone’s college design project. Can you imagine the patience that went into crafting these?
PS: I will not be printing with these on the Adana!
and then some 