The National Printing Heritage Trust was formed at a meeting 25 years ago today in Chester. Its main focus is preserving the machines, equipment and materials to promote understanding of how printing was done in the past. More recently the Trust has concetrated on securing items of significant printing machinery and equipment that were in […]
Archives for January 2015
More about Monotype
January 18, 2015
More than 60 issues of the Monotype recorder journal have been added to the Metal Type website in PDF format. It was the trade magazine published by the Monotype Corporation, and was published for about 70 years from 1902. There is also a discussion about the journal on the Metal Type Forum.
Monotype event
January 5, 2015
The working machinery of Monotype’s hot-metal service is housed and operated from the Type Archive in London. The Printing Historical Society is sponsoring an event. It was originally announced that this would be held on Monday 19 January, but it has been postponed and it will now take place on Monday 23 February at the […]
Printing courses in Edinburgh in 2015
January 3, 2015
Edinburgh Printmakers are running a number of courses on printing techniqus in January and February, including etching and stone lithography. For full details see the Edinburgh Printmakers website.
SPRAT is grateful for support from The Watson Foundation