A man and his letterpress are not soon parted
If there’s one thing I love, it’s type! I was delighted this morning when I saw Seth Godin’s blog explaining that the word cliché comes from the craft of typsetting … and stereotype too. Here’s his blog with a short explanation if you’re interested.
Little did he know when he was inventing movable type, Gutenburg was changing our language too! The best inventions usually do.
Working at the letterpress in my garage connects me with this old-world invention by using it to create modern designs that are relevant and meaningful in our world today. This was my inspiration for the Text Lingo cards; use an old western-style font to set modern texting acronyms. You can have the best of both worlds.
