A recent post on Keith Houston’s blog on punctuation marks, ‘Shady Characters’ included an account of his meeting with Harry McIntosh of the Chepman and Myllar press in Edinburgh. Harry McIntosh uses the hot metal Monotype casting system for typesetting, but uses a computer, rather than a Monotype keyboard to set text. You can visit […]
Archives for September 2012
Short Courses on Printing
September 14, 2012
There are printing related courses and events in various venues this autumn. Robert Smail’s Printing Works in the Borders are running letterpress workshops on Saturdays 3 and 10 November 2012, 10:00 — 16:00. Prices: Adult £50.00; Concession £35.00. Further information/booking t: 0844 4932259 e:smails@nts.org.ukAlso Get to know your Adana Printing Press, Saturday 24 November 2012, […]
Cossar Appeal: Milestone Reached
September 5, 2012
SPRAT is delighted to announce that the National Printing Heritage Trust has made a generous grant towards the preservation of the Crieff Cossar Press. The NPHT is a national UK charity dedicated to preserving historic printing equipment machinery and archives and SPRAT is very grateful for their support. This donation means that the appeal has […]
SPRAT is grateful for support from The Watson Foundation