Craft · 6 pages · 12 min
How wood type serves a poster
Large letters cut in wood print posters that metal type would make too heavy.
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From the opening
Wood type is large relief lettering cut in wood so a poster can be set without a drawer full of enormous metal sorts. At display sizes a metal letter is heavy and costly, while end-grain wood can carry a big face and still be locked into a chase. The opening covers large letters cut in end grain, lighter than metal at poster size, and locked up and printed in relief.
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Inside
- Large letters cut in end grain
- Lighter than metal at poster size
- Locked up and printed in relief
- A face for a broadside, not a book
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- End-grain wood type for posters
- Darius Wells and routed display letters