Inspriation Board :: Letterpress

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I have to admit that I'm a sucker for type locked up in a chase-there's such a simplistic beauty about it. Letterpress is such a great test of one's knowledge of typography and design aesthetics... kerning using slivers of metal, placing each letter one at a time... and then crossing your fingers that your lock up holds tight when you go to put it on press. My little letterpress has been on my mind a lot lately, so i couldn't resist pulling some images from flickr to create an inspiration board.