Moore Wood Type

01/04/2017

What do you call them: manicules, indexes, printer’s fist, or pointers? I just like making them for letterpress printers. They're available in my online store in pairs at 12 and 8 line.

One of the prize finds on E-Bay or in an antique shop is a Manicule. That is the historic name for what some people call a “Printer’s Fist”, a “Pointer”, or an “Index”. They have been cast in hot metal for hundreds of years, and pantograph cut in hard maple starting around 1835. The wood type versio...

06/11/2016

My friend Bob Kelemen creates the neatest letterpress posters for my wood type workshops at Kent State and Akron where he teaches, this one got into the Hamilton New Impressions exhibition! Do you see the resemblance?

New Impressions Spotlight: "Type Artiste" by Bob Kelemen. Bob is a Cleveland-based graphic designer and artist specializing in letterpress printing. He has a special interest in letterpress printing, teaching workshops and classes as well as and running his own letterpress studio, Black Walnut Letterpress, in his backyard barn. His personal letterpress work ranges from traditional to experimental. Bob’s prints frequently combine vintage wood and metal typography with found objects, such as game pieces, dice, dominoes, Lego building blocks, vinyl record albums, saw blades and wood scraps. Music and a sense of humor play key roles in his work.

02/23/2016

Been focused on learning how to use my new laser cutter, here's a William Page Shaded Star that engrave on the laser to replicate hand engraving http://moorewoodtype.com/2015/07/william-page-shaded-stars/

One of the best parts of having a daughter who is a printer and educator is that she always keeps an eye out for new wood type ideas that other printers would like. During the Amalgamated Printers’ Association 2015 Chicago Wayzgoose Erin went to spend the afternoon at the Newberry Library. While loo…

06/08/2015

Cutting type and preparing maple blocks for the Type on the Cob II Ladies of Letterpress conference this week. See you in Iowa!

05/13/2015

Please support my daughter Erin's project Pressing On: The Letterpress Film on Kickstarter. It all adds up and will allow future letterpress printers to understand where the knowledge and techniques came from. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1243535289/pressing-on-the-letterpress-film

This is the documentary film my daughter Erin is working on. I am very proud of what she is doing. Most of the people who will be interviewed, IF IT IS FUNDED, are my friends and members of the MWT Advisory Committee. They have helped me to be able to cut wood type. They are free with good advise…

05/02/2015

I'm proud of Erin and the Pressing On: The Letterpress Film project on Kickstarter. This weekend I am working on surfacing wood for all the Legacy Chromatic ornaments. http://tinyurl.com/letterpressfilmKickstarter

A documentary about the survival of letterpress and the remarkable printers who preserve the history and knowledge of the craft.

03/12/2015

More great news from Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum and there's the wood type DDC logo that I lasercut for Aaron Draplin this past Summer on one of the Field Notes. And a MWT Wisconsin too!

Good things take time. Back in September of 2011, my good friend and Hamilton Artistic Board member, Nick Sherman came to me with a proposal. Via email, he introduced me to his friend Jim Coudal of Field Notes with the idea of having us print a note book for them. I loved the idea but was daunted by…

03/11/2015

A true craftsmen and carpenter helping Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, how great!

I was looking at Wisconsin sites on the web and found one about interesting places to see around Manitowoc. I never heard of wood type and the history of that industry, so I looked at the Hamilton site and recorded the address. A year later I looked again and the museum was moving. They had work wee…

03/02/2015

Brand new MWT Boxes of Dots now available in the store: http://moorewoodtype.bigcartel.com/product/box-of-assorted-dots

In the past four years of cutting wood type and working with printers from all over the world I have been amazed to find that with all the beautiful catchwords, ornaments, stars and snowflakes I make, they keep telling me how much they use the dots. I have always made dots from the beginning. Some j…

01/07/2015

Starshaped Press shares her process for setting and printing her incredible New Year's card featuring our collaborative snowflakes, wow!

Starting a new year with a printed homage to great type is always a good idea. Starshaped scored a great deal of new metal and wood type this year and it's time it pulled some weight. So this year'...

01/06/2015

Jennifer Farrell and her six Snowflakes by Starshaped Press designs followed Page’s design principals and artistry. Read more about our collaboration

One of my favorite parts of cutting new wood type is working with gifted printers and graphic designers on their special projects. One of the best joint ventures has been with Jennifer Farrell of Starshaped Press in Chicago. Jennifer is a friend of both my daughter and me. She has been on the Moo…