December 1st, 2024, we will be at the BOUND Book Arts Fair, at the Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street, Toronto. We will have our stock of marbled and handmade paper for sale, as well as an assortment of…
Year: 2024
Previously-unseen Casting Problem
I ran into this casting fault when making a font of 36-point Lanston #675 Bodoni Ultra. I’ve never had this happen before and I haven’t seen this problem mentioned in any of the literature. The type is developing, for lack…
Improved Monotype Parts Storage
Over the summer we’ve been fixing up another storage room and it is finally finished enough to start storing things in it! The first thing to go in is my collection of Monotype parts. Up until now these cases have…
Marshville Heritage Festival, Oct 31st-Sept 2nd 2024
This Labor Day weekend the annual Marshville Heritage Festival will be held in Wainfleet, Ontario, on the grounds operated by the Marshville Heritage Society next to the Wainfleet Arena at 31943 Park Street. The Festival features attractions including a classic…
(Un)Plugging Cooling Water Passages
One of the moulds for my Monotype Composition Caster, specifically the type U Lanston display mould fitted for 36 point body size, had completely blocked cooling water passages. This would seriously limit how fast the caster could run, even more…
Howard Iron Works Print Expo & Fair, September 28th 2024
Howard Iron Works will be holding their Print Expo & Fair for 2024 on Saturday, September 28th, at their premises at 800 Westgate Road, Oakville, Ontario. In addition to the vendors’ tables, the advance notice promises museum tours, demonstrations and…
My Presentation from the 2012 ATF Conference
Someone recently asked about serial number locations on Monotype Composition Casters, and I knew I had a sort of list of where these were located. This information turned out to be in a presentation I gave at the 2012 American…
An Old Type Foundry Price List
Well, not so old, really, dating to the end of the era of large commercial type foundries. This is the June 1973 pricing pages for the Moore Type Foundry, 431 King Street West in Toronto. I found their catalogue amongst…
More Marbling—At Last!
After a long hiatus, I’ve had a chance to do some marbling. The driving force was actually the necessity to test a new sample of carragheenan. We’re currently out of stock, and as usual, the last source we bought from…
CBBAG Ottawa Book Arts Show and Sale, May 25th, 2024
This year the Ottawa chapter of the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG) will be holding their Book Arts Show and Sale at the recently-opened Carleton University MacOdrum Library Book Arts Lab, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario. The…
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