After a 3.5-hour drive from NYC to the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border, I pulled into a small press at the end of the block of a sweet New England mountain town.
Needless to say, except for a stretch on I-91, most of the drive was throughout the backroads of Connecticut and Massachusetts where signs alert you to crossing moose.
Highland Press, recommended by a printing buddy, is one of the last presses willing to take on a small offset job. They has a small 5-color Heidelberg GTO as well as a selection of letterpresses to accomplish jobs for a variety of clients in the area.
There were some little issues during the press run, shown on the video. However, the surprise of the day came just before I was leaving: the owner told me he has a collection of wooden type in the basement of the shop, and, so sublime, the font is Clarendon.
Guess I'll be watching out for moose on the road again in the near future; my drive home was thinking what and how am I going to print with those wooden slugs?
Note, at the end of the vid, the pressman holds a slug. It's actually upside down, since slugs are in reverse.
Needless to say, except for a stretch on I-91, most of the drive was throughout the backroads of Connecticut and Massachusetts where signs alert you to crossing moose.
Highland Press, recommended by a printing buddy, is one of the last presses willing to take on a small offset job. They has a small 5-color Heidelberg GTO as well as a selection of letterpresses to accomplish jobs for a variety of clients in the area.
There were some little issues during the press run, shown on the video. However, the surprise of the day came just before I was leaving: the owner told me he has a collection of wooden type in the basement of the shop, and, so sublime, the font is Clarendon.
Guess I'll be watching out for moose on the road again in the near future; my drive home was thinking what and how am I going to print with those wooden slugs?
Note, at the end of the vid, the pressman holds a slug. It's actually upside down, since slugs are in reverse.
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