Hot metal is still hot-M & H Type Foundry & Letterpress Tour
The venerable firm of Mackenzie & Harris, established in 1915, is the oldest and largest type foundry for letterpress printers in the United States. Also known as M & H Type, it offers traditional lead typecasting and Monotype composition as well as hot metal fonts. This tour, part of an A&E Open Book show, takes viewers through the foundry and into the pressroom of Arion Press where the type is impressed into paper. The tour features an interview with Lewis Mitchell, who has been casting type at M & H for over 50 years. This is part two of the show; the first part can be viewed at: www.youtube.com For more information about M & H Type see: www.arionpress.com
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4 Responses to “Hot metal is still hot-M & H Type Foundry & Letterpress Tour”
I would like to that work, – regrettably I scrapped 5 privately owned Monotype Casting machines and all their ancillary components.
Great video, I have only seen one mono going and that was at the school of Graphic Arts in Sydney in the 1950′s.
Have used mono that came from a trade house but mostly used Lino. Arthur in OZ
I do like letterpress. When I was 14 (26 years ago), I had an Adana 5×3, then I was really lucky and managed to get a Cropper Charlton. There is something special about letterpress when compared with offset litho, the type, composing and so on.
Superb video. Did my 6 year apprenticeship on the monotype caster in the 60′s in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England.