Recommended Reads
Books We Like
- American Wood Type: 1828-1900 - Notes on the Evolution of Decorated and Large Types, by Rob Roy Kelly
- Letterpress: The Allure of the Handmade, by David Jury
- General Printing: An Illustrated Guide to Letterpress Printing, by Glen U. Cleeton, Charles W. Pitkin and Raymond L. Cornwell
- A Story of Character Ten Years of Tipoetca Italiana, by Sandro Berra and Fabio Zonta
- The Art of Wood Type, by Gregory Ruffa
- Hamilton Wood Type: A History in Headlines, by Bill Moran, Robert Style, Dennis Ichiyama, Richard Zauft, and Dave Carson
- The Handy Book of Artistic Printing: Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner Fills, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, and other Freaks of Fancy, by Doug Clouse and Angela Voulangas
- The Printmaking Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques Hardcover , by Ann d'Arcy Hughes and Hebe Vernon-Morris
- Hatch Show Print: The History of a Great American Poster Shop, by Jim Sherraden, Elek Horvath and Paul Kingsbury
- 100 Wood Type Alphabets (Lettering, Calligraphy, Typography), by Rob Roy Kelly
- American Metal typefaces of the Twentieth Century, by Mac McGrew
- Anything by Steven Heller
- Anything by Alston Purvis
- Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type, Borders, &c.: The 1874 Masterpiece of Colorful Typography by Esther K. Smith, Steven Heller , Wayne White
- For the Love of Letterpress: A Printing Handbook for Instructors and Students Paperback by Cathie Ruggie Saunders and Martha Chiplis
- Elementary Platen Presswork by Ralph W. Polk
For Children:
- Achoo! Bang! Crash! The Noisy Alphabet by Ross MacDonald
- The History of Printmaking published by Scholastic Voyages of Discovery