Category Archives: the short story letterpress project

brilliant — we FINALLY have a dummy in place! and indeed, walbaum 10 pt digital is EXACTLY the same in every way as walbaum 10 pt foundry type. and THAT’S what we needed to know to get the dummy finished. (and yes, we could have known that on christmas day, but it took an extra three months.)

i’m convinced i don’t have the paper i want for this project yet. but we are sending the dummy to our wonderful binder so he can check it out for us. it’s two signatures, and not a single sheet is going to be a “no brainer” — every single one of them has a good bit of text. when we did the Knitting Tarot we had no brainers here and there that we could coast with. not here.

still need to get magnesium cuts made for the illustration and for the frontispiece. and need to see more paper samples, and do a little test printing (i guess we are not sold on any particular ink yet, either). but, progress is being made!

speaking of bookbinding, watch this wonderful video, found through art in the age!

i got a big, bad smile over this one. as usual, ms. rentz has come through for me again, as i always hope i do for her.

we’re working on an electronic version of a dummy now, and i hope to see a paper one, even if imperfect, by as early as this weekend. i am already having doubts about zerkall ingres as our paper, but time will tell.

i’ve made some decisions about my “little books”.

this will be a much more ambitious letterpress project than we have ever attempted. i have no doubt that in many ways, it’ll show. i also know it’ll be a beautiful thing and i’m very, very excited about this.  the next step for us is making a dummy.