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My attempts of setting and printing a page (really just a snippet of a page) of Latin Vulgate the old-fashioned way. The captions are in Russian , but there's nothing new in them for seasoned typophiles :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ndfi73kNbI
A few notes:
Sadly, my fount does not contain a set of ligatures, long s's, half r's and other fraktur niceties.
I am printing with just a single roller, as the other one swelled up and needs replacing (actually, both of them do, but triple-inking with just the one works for now).
Our eagle-eyed masters will undoubtedly notice that the sorts are added to the composing stick from the wrong end. This is because the matter is already set at this point, and I am just correcting the mistakes.
Missing from the video, are steps for creating hand-made paper, painting of the floral borders and illumination of the hand-drawn initials.
Hope you enjoy it!
18 Mar 2010 — 4:43pm
"Hope you enjoy it!"
I sure did!
Thanks.
António
18 Mar 2010 — 5:07pm
Oh well, might as well provide the translation
The Main title reads:
Pillowface Press
Letterpress shop of Ivan Gulkov
Lead Vulgate
The black title: Black Art
Setting lead fraktur, chase lockup, printing the first ink
Caption1: Sorts are set in a composing stick
Caption2: Form is locked up in a metal chase
Caption3: Tacky printing ink spread on the disk
Caption4: The first color-run is always easier
The red title: Cinnabar and gold
Printing the second color (rubrication)
Caption1: The second color requires precise registration
The end.
19 Mar 2010 — 8:19am
Thank you very much for posting. ^^
Very nice, indeed.
The videos are from www.druckerey.de from Martin Z. Schröder
Do you want to hear the sound of a real Viktorian?
It has a foot pedal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI_AmopOk2c
Some weeks ago he got a OHT, now its easier:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KJ3aujWTa8
If you need any articles out of lead letters, please let me know:
www.Bleisetzer.de
Regards and Gott grüß die Kunst
Georg
19 Mar 2010 — 2:26pm
@ Georg
Good thing I am not a clunkie, or I'd definitely run off with that Heidelberg.
What a beauty!