pandemonium.press

I recently completed a Kickstarter campaign for a book I wrote and produced (it’s available through the “shop” link on this site).

An early, uncorrected proof, above the type as set.

“Ouroboros” – the completed print, and how I went about making it over a three month period in late 2024 – early 2025.

This is a fun piece that started out as something completely different, but ended up being one of my favorite things.

I started on this last spring.

Platen Flattening Things have been slow on the press restoration front.

Playing with Type: setting some circular shapes Playing with ornaments one day (as you do), I decided to try using blue masking tape to hold some sorts together so I could get an idea of what they might look like set in a circle.

Limited to an edition of 25 sets, the series was designed & produced over the 18 months between March of 2022 and September of 2023.

October 15, 2023: Some thoughts on setting a page in the Classical Style.

Setting type for panel #4 is pretty much like the other three panels with one significant exception – the text contains a character for which there is no glyph in the face I’m using: a lowercase “e” with a diaeresis above it.