Re: [BKARTS] Question about titling books -- from a student

[april <aprilhl@xxxxxxxxx>]

My first email response was this thread, for those else interested:

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On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:09:11 -0500, Kathleen Garness  
<kmgfinearts@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Paper Source here in Oak Park sells both upper and lower case sets of
rubber stamps, in a couple of different sizes and fonts. Have you
looked into the rubber stamp option? There are tons of rubber stamp
sets online.

Kathy G

Here's one I found online:

http://www.stampandgo.com/cartALPHABET.html

You want pigment-based ink, not dye-based, I am pretty sure.

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On Jun 7, 2008, at 10:11 PM, april wrote:

thank you!  I was starting to think my email didn't get sent out.  Locally  
I didn't see any good letter stamps (they were all super decorative fonts,  
or pre-made words), but I'll look online.  is there any special ink you  
might recommend for durability?  Or is embossing ink/powder the best I can  
hope for?

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I think Colorbox has a black pigment-based ink that is good. It was the  
only one that worked even marginally when I was printing on vellum.

The Stamping Up inks are ok too - I think they have pigment-based inks as  
well. I don't know whether you have to go through a local representative  
or can order online...

Let me know how it goes. For sure do some test runs on scraps of  
bookcloth. : )  Did you look at the other stamp sets at the bottom of my  
email? There aren't a lot of options but there are some. Make sure the  
stamps are perfectly centered top to bottom. When  you get the stamps it  
might be worth your while to mark a longitudinal center line on the other  
side of the stamp block, as well as where the baseline is, so everything  
is aligned properly. Sometimes I find the stamps aren't quite perfectly  
centered on the block so it's hard to use jigs for placement. When that  
happens, you have two choices - move the rubber until it's lined up where  
it's supposed to be (best option but trickiest, because in removing the  
rubber, esp. for small stamps, it's really easy to wreck it) or make the  
vertical center and horizontal baselines as described above. You will need  
a clear triangle to mark it all the way around, accurately, and careful  
measuring in any case.

Kathy



On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:08:41 -0500, Helen Scarth <circe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Has anyone replied to the message that started.........
>
> > Hi all!  I'm trying to figure out the best way to title/stamp/emboss a
> > book, and if there's any way to do this inexpensively.
>
> Hope I haven't missed anything but was quite looking forward to the  
> replies.
>
> Helen
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