BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GETS OUR STAMP OF APPROVAL! Sunday January 17th, 2021 is Ben Franklin’s 315th Birthday! Everywhere you look at The Printing Museum you can see the influence of Franklin from some of his original prints to the Gordon Job Press. He is the Father of American Printing, but he had many, many other sons. […]

  In Memory Hal Wessels Printer  February 1, 1926 – August 14, 2020     Gutenberg’s constellation in the heavens is a little brighter right now with the passing of one of the Printing Museum’s longtime printer/volunteers, Hal Wessels. Though he had other pursuits and passions, printing and teaching the graphic arts was the central […]

Like many professions and communities, the world of printers comes with it’s own set of terms, phrases, and names that are specific to the printing trade. Some of them, like Uppercase and Lowercase, seeped into the larger culture (though few people actually know the origin of the terms uppercase and lowercase originates from the use […]

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200 fonts of Metal Type, various fonts Metal Type Photographs (not all available fonts photographed) Stymie 36 pt Cond, Caps Only  No Q   Modernistic 16 pt       Modernistic 24 pt       Modernistic 30 pt       Lombardic Capitals 72 pt       Lombardic  60 pt       […]

The Following will be available for sale in person on August 15th, by appointment, or online through October! SURPLUS SALE For sale will be Vandercooks, Pocos, Tabletop Proof Presses, Platens, Pilot Presses, Kelseys, Windmills, Wood and Metal Printers Furniture, Oak & Metal Type Cabinets, Type Cases, Paper Cutters, Printing Supplies (Quoins & Keys, Spacing Materials, […]

2020 PRINTERS FAIR VENDOR 2020 VENDOR MAP AND REGISTRATION TO COME SOON… This information will help guide prepare for the Los Angeles Printers Fair on November 14 & 15, 2020 from 10 am to 4 pm. Your Vendor Fee of $160 applies to both days and includes: One six foot table with two chairs in […]

The Covid19 End of the World Keepsake  We have sold out of the letterpress keepsake but you can download and print a scan of it below      

  Part One of our series on Women in Printing History From the beginning of printing with movable type in Europe, women were employed in the industry. In fifteenth and sixteenth-century Italy, there were more than fifteen female religious houses that were sites of book production. Almost two-thirds of these were located in Florence. One such location […]