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Making wood type then and now

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Thomas Gravemaker explores the history of wood type printing as well as his own recent manufacture using digital design and a CNC router.
Wood type has a history as long as printing itself. Thomas Gravemaker, Printer in Residence at the Bodleian Bibliographical Press during March 2023, tells the story of the materials, manufacture and use of wood type since the nineteenth century and brings this up to date with an account of his own recent manufacture using digital design and a CNC router.

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Series
The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Thomas Gravemaker
Keywords
woodtype
printing
manufacture
history
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 19/04/2023
Duration: 00:51:21

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