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“lieutenant price’s” temporary new home

TEMPORARY HOME

TEMPORARY HOME

My search is finally over, he’s out of my car, and I just couldn’t wait to sift through all the extras that he came with. Here he is, Lieutenant Price, sitting stoutly in his temporary new home in our garage. I still need to dust him off and gather an inventory of my newly acquired letterpress supplies.

LARGE FONT TEST

LARGE FONT TEST

More importantly, I need to carve him out a new home up in our studio office, but even before doing that, I need to figure out what table we can use that is strong enough to carry the load of 200+ pounds.

BLIND FIRST PULL

BLIND FIRST PULL

I was given several large fonts and I could not wait to test one of them out. Through a series of specific visual questions on identifont.com, I was able to confirm that this font is Kabel by Rudolf Koch. Nice, clean, simple, modern, and also the favorite font of its previous owner at Tooknap Press.

At this point, I have all I need to start printing except for brand new sexy letterpress grade paper and some clean-up supplies. Here’s a shot of my first test, a blind pull on a piece of Fox River Starwhite paper.

Exciting times ahead.

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