Typophile

Plans for letter press?

christapherwayne

Dear friends,

My wonderful wife bought me several hundred gently used slugs of Futura in lots of sizes and weights. I saw plans for a press in Readymade, but doesn’t seem to be what I need for setting type. Does anyone know a place where I can find plans for such a device?

Thanks.

That would be quite a project! Are you sure you wouldn’t rather just buy a small tabletop press like

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