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We are adding all sorts of stuff from the letterpress getup my dad bought in the early 70s, this should be a link to just that section in our eBay store!!

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My brother suggested that I find and join a couple of letterpress groups on fb to help find people who may have information that can help us get through, identify, and sell all of the letterpress stuff we still have sitting in storage. This (below) is sort of how it started and the people in these groups have been AMAZING!!! From the first question to finishing up this set so it’s ready to sell it’s been a wild ride so far! And they are so NICE!! Which is unusual from my experience on fb. No one has trolled me, no one has made me feel like a loser for asking questions. I am clearly out of my element, and everyone has been very kind and welcoming. It’s been such a relief to meet people who aren’t cruel in this crazy land of Facebook.

This is how it began: Hello! I don't know where to begin but here goes. We are trying to identify this font. This is from a printing press my dad purchased in the early 70s from Redwood High School in Marin County, California. We have been slowly sorting and organizing the hundreds of drawers and type, and have come across a couple we can NOT figure out. The name stamped on the front of the drawer just says 18 point Type Text. Can anyone help me identify this? I've lost two days to this font and these drawers usually take me a couple of hours.

As it turns out, it was a typo, literally, that lead us to: Typo Text 18 point, so I thanked the group today: I wanted to share the finished photos and say THANK YOU to everyone who helped me! I can not express how grateful I am for your willingness to provide information that let me correctly identify and block out this set! It measures 4 x 5" and weighs over 5lbs. It comes to 668 letters/numbers and symbols (I use an excel sheet to map out our sets so I've included a photo of that) and I add some quads to keep it as square as possible. The only thing that was not in the set was any dashes, but I think it's pretty solid either way! I know I'm not the letterpress expert or enthusiast that most of you are, and your kindness (and tolerance) has been very much appreciated. This has been a very long and hard process to untangle this press and the thousands of pounds of type, and finding this group has made me feel a little less lost. I have a document where I am keeping information listed as you guys give it to me, so hopefully by the time this is all said and done I may sound like I know what I'm talking about!!! I'm contemplating the 24 point Paragraph Script next, and will probably have more questions....

Bonus photo of the newly bathed and oiled furniture enjoying a sun bath until I can get to it later.

Furniture: blocks of metal in various sizes that help hold the type together. I shared a mess of rusted furniture I’m cleaning and was given a LOT of really good information on rust removal!!

Well after a two day soak they are no longer rust color!! Scrubbed up and going back in for a second bath before oiling and drying. And I found this weird little thing I’ll have to research eventually. This will be the fourth and hopefully almost final batch of furniture to clean up. One more small load and fingers crossed we don’t find more!! Now I have to find a way to clean the galley (?) tray so I can use it. It’s longer but shorter than the brass one I use so it may actually be easier to work with. I was pretty amazed at what floated up through the foam, but I guess that’s what 50 years of neglect will do to metal… the letterpress adventures continue!!!

So this is 576 pieces of Kennerley Bold 14 point foundry type (plus quads). It takes about 45 minutes to put together and is smaller than a 3x5 card. I finally figured out how to do two at once, but you have to do them backwards, and the letters are reversed. I put in a couple photos that I flipped showing how they SHOULD look when used to print something. But that’s just for example, I have to do them mirror of each other and one is upside down too. These are driving me crazy. This sells for about $55 but we have smaller and bigger sets. I’m sort of putting them together however they fit on a card, I’m generally doing two or four of each set. I alternate how many letters depending on how many I have more of. I’m hoping to switch to a different font soon. A bigger font!!! 🙃 All sets are listed in our eBay store!!!

Well look at that!! Almost to 10,000!!!! Come check out our website too, I need to do updating so if you have any suggestions let me have them!!! 🔫

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So far we have 8 sets of letterpress type listed in our eBay and Etsy stores, one sold last night! I am making two of each set, the number of specific letters and figures will differ between the sets. It takes F O R E V E R to put together a set, 45 minutes to an hour, and one set is approximately the size of a 3x5 card. We have the empty letter drawers listed separately as pick up only - they are way to big to ship economically. Happy Sunday everyone!

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In the early 70s, our dad bought the printing press (including all the cabinets, drawers, type and more) from Redwood High School. It’s been sitting in storage 50+ years and my brother and I are FINALLY working on getting it organized and sold. There are many different fonts, but Kennerley Bold is one of the main ones that we have the most of. We sold 4 empty drawers in one day, those go the fastest. If I take the time to put together a “set” of the letters (650-775 letters), we can sell them for $40 and up (some fonts are really rare and expensive). Some drawers of various fonts (they have their own sorting key) we have sold full as-is. The type isn’t always necessarily in the right compartment so with the help of child labor (my daughter and her boyfriend), we have sorted and emptied maybe 10 drawers of Kennerley into small containers. It takes about 45 minutes to put together a set so it’s taking me a long time. My dining room has been overrun for weeks but we are finally making progress!!!

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New listing on Etsy!!!

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Ok, we are working on getting some of our inventory listed on ETSY!!!! Come on over and check us out!

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