Roll & Tumble Press is based out of Little Rock, Arkansas, and they have some excellent work featuring huge type, which I am a sucker for. They have several series of posters that combine color, images and clever phrases which are really great. I love the variety of typeface that they use, and the fact that they don’t shy away from using lots of color. It’s a great mix of ...

I haven’t had a chance to clean this block yet, so it’s very grungy. I do think it’s important to show the workhorse letters as well, not all blocks are pristine! It’s the sign of a well loved typeface to be covered with ink. I was too excited to hold off posting it because this is one of the letters I was missing from my hand carved Grecian set! The ...

As mentioned in the Daily Letter post, I have managed to reunite 4 more letters of the Grecian set! It was a fierce bidding battle but I was fortunate enough to come out on top, and the 14 additional blocks arrived in the mail last week. So, now it’s time to create plexi substitutes for the Q, and the numerals. I’m not sure how to treat the Q, as it’s ...

I‘ve been wanting to have posts that highlight interesting things going on in the letterpress community, so here’s the first one. If you have anything wood type or letterpress related that you’d like featured on the site, just send me an email through the contact form! I also want to thank everyone who’s commented on the site and sent me emails so far. It’s so exciting to know people are ...