A 21st-century guide to the letterpress business
Subtitle: how to acquire, restore, operate, and turn a profit with your platen press
By: Marty Brown
Publisher: Letterary Press, LLC
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781603370066
Subjects: Printing industry; Printing; Letterpress printing
Other titles: Lettterpress business; Twenty-first century guide to the letter press business; How to acquire, restore, operate, and turn a profit with your platen press
Description: Covers the practical aspects of finding, restoring, maintaining and operating a letterpress while adapting to current business practice.
Notes: Includes a resource directory of suppliers, online forums/lists/networks, letterpress information resources, business resources, sales and marketing resources and glossary.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- Part 1:; title: A Practical guide to letterpress printing --; title: Falling in love --; title: Making a commitment --; title: An overview of type --; title: Setting type --; title: Working with images and digital files --; title: Locking it up --; title: Basic press work  --; title: Ink and paper -- -- Part two:; title: Making it pay : the letterpress business --; title: Getting down to business --; title: Custom printing & the invitation business --; title: Letterpress card business --; title: Selling your cards --; title: Internet marketing --; title: Sharing the love.