Wood Type Specimens

Date

2007-08

Identifier

Dartmouth College Arts Workshop

Type

Publisher

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Abstract

Using wooden type acquired by Dartmouth in 2005, Won K. Chung has done a superb job of printing the various faces to form a very useful type specimen book. The printing was done on a Vandercook SP20 proof press using Mohawk Superfine paper. Printing wooden type involves more inking and a great deal of pressure to get the right impression; the imperfections of such pieces are wonderful by-products. In printing this work Chung had advice from Bob Metzler, his colleague at Dartmouth.

Files

Cab 8 wood type specimens.jpg

Citation

Printed by Won K. Chung, “Wood Type Specimens,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed March 29, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/10088.