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And life goes on
It has been quite a summer so far. I survived the brain surgery in April. I had quite a large tumor removed from my brain in late April and stayed in the hospital for 9 days. Upon release I was … Continue reading
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Catching up to back orders–Getting Well
Hi everyone Easter Sunday I had to go to the emergency room of the University of Rochester Medical Center because my health was deteriorating. They immediately put me in intensive care and 2 days later removed a massive tumor from … Continue reading
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Perpetual Calendars in wood
I have had several requests for calendar fonts so I have created a new set of patterns for a condensed gothic calendar font. Each font consists of the numbers 1-31, 23/30, 24/31, and 7 blanks.The 5 line calendar measures 7.5″ … Continue reading
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Mansard Extra Bold
This font is revival of a font that first appeared in wood in 1878. Mansard Extra Bold is from the Wooden Type font collection and the patterns were produced directly from the digital font drawn by Jordan Davies. The digital … Continue reading
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Simple Shapes
Virgin Wood Type is pleased to announce the availability of Simple Shapes in specially priced fonts. Each font contains a single shape in four sizes. You get: 2-10 Line 2-8 Line 4-6 Line 4-5 Line All of the Simple Shapes … Continue reading
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Aldine Expanded is now available
A completely new wood type version that is faithful to the original. I am offering this font in 5, 6, 8, and 10 line sizes. There is no lowercase available This font was drawn in vector form by David Wolske … Continue reading
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Printing Aldine Expanded
I made a 5 line proofing version from the Aldine Expanded patterns. The form includes all of the characters in the typeface as it will be offered by Virgin Wood Type. I totally enjoy the first inking of any of … Continue reading
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Making Aldine Expanded replacement characters (and my first Wood Type Video)
I’m trying to get a handle on making replacement characters for people’s wood type collections. Here is a movie I made this weekend with Paul Dodd. Watch the video and then read on. I had several email exchanges with David … Continue reading
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Preissig Scrape is now available
Virgin Wood Type in association with the P22 Type Foundry announces the release of a completely new wooden version of the Czech Modernist font Preissig Scrape. The digital version of Pressig Scrape and the Czech Modernist font set will be … Continue reading
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Two Color Gothics
I have just released a few two color gothic fonts which you can find in the online store. These could be called chromatic fonts though I prefer to call them 2-color fonts. 735 Gothic 735 Gothic Outline 737 Gothic … Continue reading
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New in Wood – P22′s Preissig Scrape
In addition to working from the American Wood Type patterns, and there are many more to come, I have wanted to bring some truly new type into the mix. Rich Kegler of P22 Type Foundry and Western New York Book … Continue reading
Big One (Waiting for the)
I have been talking with David Wolske (letterpressdaily.com) about various topics surrounding wood type. One topic has been pricing this stuff. Each of the fonts that I offer in 4 sizes, caps, lowercase, figures, and 5 different schemes have 60 … Continue reading
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