We set type by hand and print it one sheet at a time on two cast-iron presses older than anyone who works here.
What we print
- Business cardstwo colours, cotton board, edge painting on request
- Invitationsweddings, openings, dinners; envelopes lined to match
- Bookplatesfrom your drawing or ours, gummed or plain
- Posterswood type up to A2, editions of fifty to two hundred
- Stationeryletterheads, correspondence cards, notebooks sewn in house
How a job goes
You send the words and a rough idea. We answer with a proof on screen, then a single pull on the real paper, posted to you. Nothing goes on the press in quantity until you have held that sheet. Changes after the paper proof are welcome and cost the time they take.
We keep around ninety faces in metal and thirty in wood. If the one you want is not in the cases, we can have a plate made from any drawing, but we will tell you honestly when type would look better.
Visiting
The workshop is open to visitors on Thursday afternoons, two until six. The presses are running and loud; bring questions, not white sleeves. Other days by arrangement.
Unit 4, The Old Dairy, Rookery Lane