Breaking down a form in letterpress printing

[@matthewcohen3521]

Bit random, but one of my favorite things about your videos is the sound of the floorboards. Something about the creaking of the boards in an old industrial building just gets me feeling calm and nostalgic. 😆

[@FrederickRickStralowstradog]

My dad was a typesetter for years. He was even in the union. I spent many days at the shop "helping" clean up. Eventually the company closed. It was Reay's Typographic Service in Albuquerque, NM. My dad went on to become a truck driver and had logged in over 1 million miles. It is amazing to see this craft still being practiced. Congratulations on reaching the number of people you have reached. #Stradog in Henderson County, Texas

[@ismewhat1234]

Super cool 👍 born and raised in Albuquerque and still here 505. Where area was your dad's place.

[@robertnelson3614]

This takes me back to the good old (pre-digital) days at the start of my apprenticeship. Thanks so much for sharing..

[@ismewhat1234]

Such a beautiful connection AMAZING SUPER BEAUTIFUL STUFF 👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@stekeiroblast1576]

I need more videos like this.

[@ES-ud6oy]

Wow, y’all have a lot of stuff there… out of curiosity, what’s the most lengthy print you guys have ever done?

[@LiemNguyen-qr6bq]

We only ever kept 14pt or above, any size of type smaller than 14pt was sent to the smelters to be turned into ingots that would be used in the Monotype Machines to produce new type pieces to replenish the used Fonts thus negating the need, and time, to return used pieces to the Type Cases.

[@dracoslayer16]

Just imagine dropping one of those drawers and having thousands of letters and spacers to sort back out. As someone with similar drawers full of screws/bolts, I've had to be "that guy" sorting it out when someone else dumps it over.

[@johnbroker327]

I remember the first time I set type by hand was a paragraph about justification that taught us justification as we did it For anyone who doesn't know, justification is equal spacing between the words

[@totally_not_a_bot]

Isn't justification flush left, flush right? A space is a space.

[@fernandovalencia3542]

En and Em ....

[@johnbroker327]

@@totally_not_a_bot I'm sorry if I oversimplified my explanation, justification is much more than just equal spacing

[@JorgeOrtiz-xw3iv]

@@johnbroker327 si es verdad fui tipografia antes de lo digital la justificacion era eso la tipografia derecha e izquierda igual para que se afloje en la rama o molde para la maquina!

[@johnbroker327]

@@JorgeOrtiz-xw3iv I wish I could understand what you wrote but I only know English

[@MattDonafrio]

How/where are all of the thins/spaces stored? Can we see that in one of your other videos? Thanks for all the content!

[@EstebanNavarro-mu5ju]

Fantastic !!

[@одиниизнас]

Интересно смотреть как вы работаите, очень нравится то что вы делаете.

[@fernandovalencia3542]

Howard, try sliding the finished type onto the tray instead if picking it up. Morr neater that way! ✌️

[@Dirk-Ulowetz]

And now imagine, that you have printed a whole site. And there are 3 more sites to print... I've got a question. Can you cast new letters, if there is a need for new letters?

[@chriswalford4161]

I’m not a printer, but there are still type houses who seem to offer metal type. And also you could new type using a Monotype machine.

[@HeimataSq]

OMG all I imagined at the end of this video was when I’ve dropped a tray of socket wrenches and how pissed I get having to put everything back in it’s proper space. If I dropped that I’d probably 💀 myself… love ur videos. It’s soothing to watch until I saw him pick up the tray and walk with it.

[@tjk1968slice]

Imagine dropping that box of type on floor.😮

[@mdyaku8bpasha176]

❤ I want printing press letters

[@rootbeerking2892]

I was wondering. Would anybody happen to know anything about how to make letterpress cuts, I would like to make one and then donate one to the Sacramento history museum but I am a complete noob when it comes to letterpress.

[@HB-il1mv]

At 1 min, the shelf look like Oliviavander,s shelf with magic wand in Harry Potter !

[@bazza945]

Reverse Tetris.

[@headleycaryer3795]

Nice video, but you really should talk to some people who have been in the trade as compositors. I was a compositor for 30 years or more and have never seen anyone use a comp stick your way!