Re: [BKARTS] Gold stamping with letterpress type

[Leonard Seastone <LSeastone@xxxxxxx>]

Marcus,
 
While mono type is softer than foundry type it can be used as Peter has  
mentioned. Foundry is appealing but replacing it may prove impossible in the  
future: it has almost entirely disappeared from current production. Some  
letterpress printers would be sorry to see a fine and or rare face lost due to  
stamping.
 
I have developed a method of printing gold leaf without heat thus  protecting 
my faces from the wear of the heat. But you need a good press which  is a bit 
more involved than having access to a heating stamping machine.
 
Leonard  Seastone
The Tideline Press
68 Brook Street
West Sayville, New  York
11796-1318

631 589-5706


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