The Book Arts in San Francisco: Arion Press

One of the last metal type foundaries in the US is here in San Francisco — M&H Type — now part of the Arion Press. If you’re in the Bay Area you can tour the press and type foundary. Or, without leaving your chair, you can watch these videos… The first one is an overview of Arion and especially the printing and binding of their Lecturn Bible. In the second one, you get a glimpse of traditional lead typecasting and Monotype composition, as well as letterpress printing.

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