THE PRINCIPAL OF STUDIO ON FIRE IS BEN LEVITZ, wiry and boyish with blunt-cut sandy hair and spectacles that, like Sarah Palin’s, stand out from his face. But unlike the Republican vice-presidential ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It’s easy to spot Rick Griffith around town. The Denver-based graphic artist — with the scholarly spectacles, punk-rock roots and hair that soars like ...

In the age of digital presses where anything can be printed on demand at high speed, it’s only natural there’s a renewed interest in an old-school technique like Letterpress printing. The design team ...

This small room in the basement library was transformed into a letterpress studio, which were once in common use, and the three people in the room facilitated this travel back in time. When I ...

Its owner had snaked a bicycle inner tube around the iron wheel bolted to the side of this press and into an electric motor – a makeshift way to automate the machine. Rau ripped this off, opting to ...

Just a quick minute! To think about words like we used to. To remember a time when they meant so very much. Before 140 characters dictated the volume of our thoughts. Before texting and email replaced ...

You might not recognize Micah Whitson's name or that of Old Try, the Boston-based design shop he runs with his wife, Marianna. But there's a good chance you've seen the distinctive letterpress designs ...

Phoenix Design Week filled the downtown area with folks looking to beautify the city last weekend. The event featured workshops, seminars, and more, and we couldn’t help but join in for a letterpress ...

Featuring works by Kitching as well as three of his collaborators, Michelle Dwyer, Theo Hersey, and Christian Granados, the exhibition celebrates the heritage of letterpress design We have a tendency ...

Fleckled font example courtesy of Fleckled. An online resource of hand-printed and digitised letterpress assets has been launched. Fleckled.com is a digital stock platform for hand-printed letterpress ...

In a world where the term "changing the font" conjures the drag and click of a computer mouse, a visit to the San Francisco Center for the Book provides a whole new appreciation for those newspaper ...