We printed some flyers for Kel Glaister's latest show during a Letterpress workshop at Idlewild Press in October.
Letterpress is both a beautiful and frustrating medium. The production of these flyers took an entire weekend, but the results were worth it. The tactile nature of the deeply debossed type makes a good piece of Letterpress something to be treasured, rather than thrown away.
Body copy was set in Garamond and the display type was set in Spartan, a Futura rip-off from the 50's.
Exhibition Flyers - A neat stack of the flyers after drying.
Close Up - The show's title, Busting Out, was overprinted in Italic.
Reverse Side - Body copy set in 13pt and 11pt Garamond.
Close Up - Love the beautiful ragged edge on the bottom of the flyers.
Spelling Mistakes - Those new to handsetting will usually make many mistakes, such as upside down or back to front letters and bizarre spelling mistakes. Here's the first proof!