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Nippon Letterpress Machines 

8/5/2012

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So here's a headache-inducing question... If you go by the English expression that a picture says a thousand words, then how many words would it be if your words were pictorial themselves, as they are in China and Japan?

Over at one legendary printing press in Japan, Pure got to witness first-hand the mind-spinning precision of hand-operated letterpress machines, still championed by Japanese salarymen wanting to add a bespoke touch to their name cards. Something new to add to the office stationary wish-list for next year!
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Jeff Cosloy link
12/29/2014 12:09:09 pm

Hello:
I am a designer in Portland, OR. I may have a need for the photo, or one like it, if you have others, showing the detail of columns of Japanese type. It would be for an academic book about the modernization of communications in the Meiji era. The publisher really has little to no budget, so I'm wondering if you might help us out for a token permissions fee. There's no actual run besides an initial run for people connected to the volume. Otherwise it's POD. Not many copies.

We are also interested in finding images of woodblocks carved for print.

Thanks for reading this note.

Best wishes,

Jeff Cosloy

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LEOVM
12/5/2016 12:05:04 pm

Hello! I'm looking for oriental metal letters

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