56 Items Tagged

Printing

A Stanley parakeet, one of 42 plates in Edward Lear's <em>Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots</em>.

Before Edward Lear Was a Limerick Genius, He Was a Teenage Parrot-Painting Prodigy

The beloved children's poet spent his own youth "at the West End / painting the best end / of some vast Parrots / as red as new carrots."

Cara Giaimo December 4, 2017

<em>Rain Blossoms</em>, printed 1928.

Remembering Lilian Miller, the Pioneering Woodblock Artist Caught Between East and West

The many contradictions of a diplomat's daughter who wanted all her work destroyed.

Natasha Frost December 1, 2017

American and Canadian airways routes, from the NOAA Office of Coast Survey Historical Map & Chart Collection.

Wishlist: Curious Posters and Prints

Curated gift ideas from the staff of Atlas Obscura.

The Editors November 22, 2017

A Hyakumantō dhāranī scroll and two pagoda from the Morgan Library and Museum. (Please note that here the text is upside down.)

objects of intrigue

This Japanese Scroll Was Re-Printed a Million Times—700 Years Before Gutenberg

The eighth-century documents were stored in tiny pagodas.

Michael Waters July 18, 2017

Press with typesetting

Palmyra, New York

Grandin Printing Shop

The press that first printed the Book of Mormon.

The Folly Cove Designers "diploma," presented to each member by Virginia Lee "Jinnee" Demetrios upon their entrance to the guild.

The Unlikely Story of the Folly Cove Guild, the Best Designers You've Never Heard Of

Led by beloved children's author Virginia Lee Burton, this group of mostly untrained women created immortal designs.

Cara Giaimo June 14, 2017

<em>Private Detective</em> cover illustration, January 1946.

Cheap Thrills, Private Dicks, and Desperate Dames From the Heyday of Pulp Fiction

The enduring appeal of the lowest common denominator.

Anika Burgess June 6, 2017

Global Convergence.

Orlando, Florida

Global Convergence Sculpture

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

A modern color printer.

Why the Roots of Color Printing Are in Limestone

The stage was set more than 200 years ago.

Ernie Smith April 25, 2017

Second half of the wall

New York, New York

REI's Wall of Litho Stones

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

Drawers and drawers of fonts ready to be used.

San Francisco, California

Arion Press and M & H Type

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

Permanently Closed

Sorting, circa 1912

Washington, D.C.

Government Printing Office

Need a hardcopy of the 50-title Code of Federal Regulations? This is the place.

Moon's System of Embossed Reading, aka Moon Code.

How a Blind Doctor's 'Moon Code' Helped Thousands Read Again

In the 1840s, Dr. William Moon remade the Roman alphabet to help his students.

Cara Giaimo January 6, 2017

The Dove today

London, England

The Dove

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

Permanently Closed

Bradley in the shop

Santa Monica, California

Church of Type

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

Bowyer and a volunteer, Vik Olliver, pose with the original parent RepRap and its first child.

The Utopian Promise Of RepRap, the 3D Printer That Can—Almost—Print Itself

Cara Giaimo February 24, 2016

Hatch Show Print at dusk

Nashville, Tennessee

Hatch Show Print

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

society adventures

Books and Booze: The California Craft of Printing and Craft Beer

Sandi Hemmerlein June 16, 2014