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| Oak typecase from the late 1800's |
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| Ornaments and Fractions
Most wood type is machined using a pantograph, which is a router that copies the letterform from a pattern. The type itself if made from blocks of end-grain maple wood that has been dried and cured, resulting in a finished type that resists changes in dimension and can hold up under the tremendous forces employed by letterpresses. More on that process later in the blog.
The ornaments below were punched using steel dies slowly rammed into finished maple blocks. A photo of the machine is included below.
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