Letterpress
Flint Group creates new pre-press arm
Flint Group has created a new division combining Xeikon’s pre-press business and Flint’s flexo wing, and has revived an old brand name as its moniker.
Jarrold Museum resumes hunt for new home
The John Jarrold Printing Museum has resumed its search for a new home after plans to relocate it to a medieval church in Norwich fell through.
How Charles Babbage invented computer printing
Sitting on an upper floor of the Science Museum in London are hulking metal examples of a Victorian mechanical computer age that never actually happened. These are the invention of Charles Babbage...
Great fakes
Fakes, forgeries and fabrications give printers a bad name and the fear of forgery was one of the reasons behind the 1637 Star Chamber Decree designed to prevent “abuses in printing seditious,...
Jarrold Museum finds new home in Norwich church
The John Jarrold Printing Museum is set to relocate to a medieval church in Norwich after closing at its existing site, which faces demolition.
Stanley Lane finds further fame
Octogenarian artisan printer Stanley Lane's search for a successor received a further boost this week with an appearance on Radio 4’s The Untold.
Steering group outlines vision for new Jarrold Printing Museum
A steering committee set up to campaign for the John Jarrold Printing Museum to remain intact in Norwich has outlined its proposals for a new museum as its existing site faces demolition.
Best of British: A historic type firm that’s still at the cutting edge
Next year sees the 300th anniversary of the company that is today called Caslon Ltd. In 1720, a London based engraver called William Caslon cut the punches for his first typeface, and went on to set...
Split sets letterpress world record
Leeds-based design studio Split has set a new Guinness World Record for the world’s largest letterpress printing press.
60 seconds with Lost Heritage
Lost Heritage started six years ago when founder Claire McDivitt was on maternity leave and felt it was the optimal time to take a chance and try to turn her hobby of traditional printing into a...