Making History in Wood Printing Type
Erin Beckloff
Assistant Professor
by Scott Moore, Industrial Technology BS ‘77, MA ’80 One of the goals of Moore Wood Type has always been to cut wood type based on historical sources such as type […]
Making History in Wood Printing Type
Mechanic in Training
Erin Beckloff
Assistant Professor
One of the many historic items in the Miami Curmudgeon Press type shop is a Vandercook SP-20 printing press manufactured in 1968. Vandercooks were originally used to print a clean […]
Mechanic in Training
Moveable Type Truck Visits Miami
Five months into her cross-country adventure, Kyle Durrie and the Moveable Type truck made a stop at Miami for a day of printing on wheels. Parked between Hiestand Hall and Shriver […]
Moveable Type Truck Visits Miami
Curmudgeon Press is Born
Walking into the Hand Media studio (aka. the letterpress shop) on the third floor of Hiestand, it might feel like you have stepped right into the past. Antique printing presses […]
Curmudgeon Press is Born