In the two weeks since the Monotype Disaster, I have received a great deal of support, both moral and practical, from various members of the American Typecasting Fellowship. Many of these folks also happen to have been my instructors at Monotype University Five. I must thank Mike Anderson, Paul Duensing, Rich Hopkins and Jim Walczak for their continued efforts on behalf of my would-be typefoundry. This is quite a community.
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Machinery and specialist tools at The Private Press of Ian Schaefer
The Lancaster New Era recently did a nice feature on my letterpress shop and typefoundry in their Antiques and Collectibles section.
The Association consists of 150 members who print and submit four letterpress pieces per year, in a quantity adequate to redistribute to the entire group. Members receive a bundle once per month. I was member number 745 from 1999 through 2006.
Members of the aptly abbreviated 'ATF' are devoted to the study, practice, and preservation of the art and processes of manufacturing metal printing type—the type once commonly used for letterpress printing.
Information and resources on letterpress printing type