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Article · Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection, UT Austin
What is Wood Type?
By Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection
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About this lesson
A university type-collection's explainer on how wood type is made and printed with: router-cut, die-cut, veneer, and celluloid manufacturing methods, material choice (end-grain maple), and relief-printing mechanics.
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