Letterpress still exists all over the world, folks, not just in a museum! While traveling in Central Europe, Jared visited Letterpress Manufaktur Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria. In this video, Jared tours the workshop, sets some type, and does some letterpress printing and embossing with Bernhard using a circa 1860 Liberty jobbing press. The phrase “Sacramento visits Salzburg” was typeset with 48 point Sans Serif font. Annette Rollny and Bernhard Müller have a design agency in Salzburg for graphi

We get a lot of questions about how we clean our equipment after letterpress printing. We normally use 1K kerosene as a solvent to clean the ink off of the press, letterpress cuts, and type. In this video, Jared shows cleaning the 3x5 Kelsey Excelsior tabletop printing press. This was after a press run using pink rubber base ink to letterpress print greeting cards. #cleaning #clean #cleaningroutine #sachistorymuseum #asmr #museum #printing | Sacramento History Museum

We get a lot of questions about how we clean our equipment after letterpress printing. We use 1K kerosene as a solvent to clean the ink off of the press, letterpress cuts, and type. In this video, Jared demonstrates cleaning the 3x5 Kelsey Excelsior tabletop printing press. This was after a press run using a mix of green, reflex blue, and opaque white rubber base ink to print some greeting cards. #SacHistoryMuseum #cleaning #clean #cleaningroutine #ink #sacramento #museum #letterpress #printingp

Ben Franklin had a lot of accomplishments in his life but he was most proud of his letterpress printing skills. Learn more about Benjamin Franklin in a new 2-part documentary by Ken Burns on PBS! It is premiering April 4 & 5 at 8pm on PBS KVIE! Let’s just say Howard and Jared will be tuning in to watch! | Sacramento History Museum

The NBA season has started and we here at the Sacramento History Museum are, of course, #SacramentoProud. In honor of the start of the season, Howard letterpress printed something for the Sacramento Kings. This electrotype clearly shows its age because basketballs stopped having laces in the late 1930s. The font is 24 point Caslon. #NBA #NBAA2022 #sacramento #basketball #letterpress #printing | Sacramento History Museum

Even while letterpress printing with our 10x15 Chandler & Price jobbing press, Howard has jokes. Since today, April 10th, is National Golf Day, Howard shares a joke about golfers changing a light bulb. #golf #golfing #jokes #dadjokes #SacHistoryMuseum #sacramento #museum #history #letterpress #printingpress #asmr #printing | Sacramento History Museum