Letterpress still exists all over the world, folks, not just in a museum! While traveling in Central Europe, Jared visited Letterpress Manufaktur Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria. In this video, Jared tours the workshop, sets some type, and does some letterpress printing and embossing with Bernhard using a circa 1860 Liberty jobbing press. The phrase “Sacramento visits Salzburg” was typeset with 48 point Sans Serif font. Annette Rollny and Bernhard Müller have a design agency in Salzburg for graphi

Ben Franklin had a lot of accomplishments in his life but he was most proud of his letterpress printing skills. Learn more about Benjamin Franklin in a new 2-part documentary by Ken Burns on PBS! It is premiering April 4 & 5 at 8pm on PBS KVIE! Let’s just say Howard and Jared will be tuning in to watch! | Sacramento History Museum

In letterpress printing, a compositor (also known as a typesetter) is setting type upside down and left to right. However, many of the letters look very similar to each other. It is best to focus on the task at hand. That’s how you get the origin of the phrase “b’s and d’s you could also lose, if you don’t mind your p’s and q’s.” In this video, Jared typesets and letterpress prints the phrase in green rubber base ink using a 3x5 Kelsey Excelsior tabletop printing press. This was printed in 24 po