Chinese inventor of the first known movable type technology.

Spare him the PageMaker manutiae.

Sometimes called called the second Gutenberg because his invention of the linotype machine could easily and quickly set complete lines of type.

This moneylender loaned Johannes Gutenberg 800 gilders to support his early printing endeavors.

Scottish immigrant who was the first American to receive a design patent for a font of type.

A line of presses an assorted printing sundries available by mail in the U.S. from the 1870s until the early 1990s.

If you own one, you may have a gem of wisdom.

This design came to its eponymous owner in a dream as a revelation from Benjamin Franklin.

You don't need to go to Holland to see this prince of a press from Heidelberg.

This line of cylinder presses had models of "A," "B," and "C," as well as "The Clipper."

It is proudly introducing the bleeding-edge world of personalized destop publishing circa 1820.

It has lots of things, but you'll have to go elsewhere for chick peas.

You may go around and around but the path will take you to interesting places and plenty of downloadables.

Find the latest Wayzgoose and sign up to exchange your letterpress printing and information on sources of equipment and better printing practices with other members.

An English venture, this website is the definitive source for information about typecase lays from more than 20 countries and hundred of type case variations.

Its distinctive lower case "e" makes this font a highly recognizab;e 20th Century script.

You don't have to be in Colorado to find this number, which is equivalent to American type-high.

The groove across the front side, or belly, of a single type.

This piece of spacing material is one-half as wide as the em quad.

The year that American Type Founders (ATF) was created as a business trust created by the merger of 23 type foundries.

Don't call it a ruler.

Usually made of stone or steel, it is the surface on which a form is arranged.

A recepticle for lead, antimony and tin destined for Hades.

A standard part of most early presses and a technique used to keep unwanted ink off of finished pieces, it rhymes with biscuit.

This holy tract was the first book to be published in the United States of America, in 1640.

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