Ephimeros

Letterpress & Photography at Philoxenia Press
Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken. Set using 24 point Hyperion for the title & 16 point Hyperion (Berthold Wolpe, 1937) for the text; cast for the Press by the Bauer Foundry, Barcelona. The ornamental piece borders are 18 point from the Meadow Border series from American Type Founders & cast new for the Press by Dale Guild Type Foundry. After posting this I noticed I photographed the first version instead of the final version: the “Ta” in taken is not mortised in this version; the 1 point brass thin is misplaced in the colophon line creating “Berk eley,” & the spacing between the text & the ornamental line has not been increased here. Arrgh. Now you know. 

Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken. Set using 24 point Hyperion for the title & 16 point Hyperion (Berthold Wolpe, 1937) for the text; cast for the Press by the Bauer Foundry, Barcelona. The ornamental piece borders are 18 point from the Meadow Border series from American Type Founders & cast new for the Press by Dale Guild Type Foundry. After posting this I noticed I photographed the first version instead of the final version: the “Ta” in taken is not mortised in this version; the 1 point brass thin is misplaced in the colophon line creating “Berk eley,” & the spacing between the text & the ornamental line has not been increased here. Arrgh. Now you know. 

3 weeks ago
An abbreviated version of A Capital Ship. The text is set using 16 point Alfred Fairbank Italic (Narrow Bembo Itlaic). The devices are from American Type Founders.

An abbreviated version of A Capital Ship. The text is set using 16 point Alfred Fairbank Italic (Narrow Bembo Itlaic). The devices are from American Type Founders.

3 weeks ago
Thomas Hardy: The Darkling Thrush [1900]. The title is set using 24 point Fournier Ornate from Los Angeles Type Founders; 22 point Arrighi Italic from M&H Type; 6 point Wide Latin from Stephenson Blake & 6 point piece border #162 from Caslon.

Thomas Hardy: The Darkling Thrush [1900]. The title is set using 24 point Fournier Ornate from Los Angeles Type Founders; 22 point Arrighi Italic from M&H Type; 6 point Wide Latin from Stephenson Blake & 6 point piece border #162 from Caslon.

3 weeks ago
The forme for the Thomas Hardy piece.

The forme for the Thomas Hardy piece.

3 weeks ago
3 weeks ago

Spinning the Thread

The Press is currently working on a fairly large specimen showing for the American Typecasting Fellowship Conference in Portland, Oregon, in August of this year; but in the meantime the Press continues to host the Albion Club which prints for itself & for the Moxon Chappel of Northern California. We are printing on dampened Rives BFK & I have acquired a metal grid board with magnetic strips to hold the work flat, but not always so flat as a real copy stand with glass; the sunlight was also rather bright, so the pictures are of some recent printings for the Chappel. The ATF Conference piece will be a joint offering to both the ATF & the Chappel & it will be produced by Alan Dye (Noble Impressions Press), Mike Parkinson (Glad Hand Press) & Norman McKnight (Philoxenia Press). We are beginning the setting of the ATF piece this week. 

3 weeks ago
This is the opening page for Stickeen. It is set using 20 point Legend from the Bauer Foundry, Barcelona; the initial is also Legend in 36 point. The choice of a disconnected pen script for the text is intuitive; I just thought it would work, & I think it does, as this is something of a journal/novella anyway. One of the finest illustrated books also used this type for text, the Apocalypse of St. John by Max Beckman & illustrated with his original lithographs. 

This is the opening page for Stickeen. It is set using 20 point Legend from the Bauer Foundry, Barcelona; the initial is also Legend in 36 point. The choice of a disconnected pen script for the text is intuitive; I just thought it would work, & I think it does, as this is something of a journal/novella anyway. One of the finest illustrated books also used this type for text, the Apocalypse of St. John by Max Beckman & illustrated with his original lithographs. 

1 month ago - 1
Title page trial proof for Stickeen; the spotting on the sheet is not intended; it was a gift of some small droplets of water falling from the redwood canopy ceiling in the library! The full format is larger than this image. The drawing is from the text. 

Title page trial proof for Stickeen; the spotting on the sheet is not intended; it was a gift of some small droplets of water falling from the redwood canopy ceiling in the library! The full format is larger than this image. The drawing is from the text. 

1 month ago - 1

Worksheet #16 

Worksheet #16 is for a novella by John Muir (Stickeen) that I am working on at the Press. It will be printed on Rives Heavyweight White, 10 x 13 format, using 20 point Legend cast for the Press at the Bauer Foundry, Barcelona. The edition will be 25 copies, case bound & it will contain a title page vignette & three plates in the text.

1 month ago - 1
Second print 

Second print 

1 month ago - 1

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