A week ago, I went back to St.Paul for the second session of my letterpress class. It was time to set type and print postcards. I was ready.
I decided on something a little more versatile than shut the front door. I went with hello. how are you today? In Kennerley Old Style. Size 18.
I set the type upside down and left to right. I used furniture and quoins to set it in the frame. The dear instructor, Mary, told me I had a great geometrical eye. [And I don’t just say that to anyone, she said.]
And then it was my turn to print a whole lot of postcards. Maybe you’ll get one in the mail someday. When you do, it might look like it was just made on a computer. But run your fingers lightly over that print. It’s letterpress, baby.
there's no place like gnome. 
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