Talk:Letterpress printing

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[edit] Frisket Merge

Against. Frisket film is also a material that is used in general 2D art applications. Ugh. Just found frisket (airbrush). --Mrs Scarborough 04:34, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not sure why this is in Printmaking category?

Johnbod 04:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

From the article:

"the term letterpress can also refer to the direct impression of inked media such as zinc "cuts" (plates) or linoleum blocks onto a receptive surface."

Last I checked, lino cuts (along with resingrave and woodblock, both of which I have printed in combination with movable type on a relief press) are part of printmaking. Littlerubberfeet (talk) 03:16, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External links

The external links section is becoming a bit of a directory, with links to sites that are simply examples of letterpress printing or Website fronts to associations. All links really ought to be to encyclopedic information on letterpress printing in general that regular readers will find useful without having to register, join or attend something (see the external links guidelines for details). I've tidied up a few of the ones with the least appropriate content (not that they are bad sites, just that they are least appropriate for a Wikipedia article). I think some of the others are still a little light on general info, so if you think they need trimming further feel free! I suspect there is good reason to link to a good directory for a subject like this, somewhere where any link associated with letterpress printing could be listed. We could always default to dmoz one [1], but does anyone know of a better one? -- SiobhanHansa 19:13, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Briar Press is a clearing house and discussion board for all things letterpress. They have a Yellow Pages with every significant letterpress link in existence. Littlerubberfeet (talk) 07:02, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

The two best sets of links are ones that are already in the article: Briar Press which is a stunning, and pretty complete, directory of sites on the subject, and the Introduction to Letterpress Printing, which is the top-ranked Google site on the subject, and is the defacto starting place to which most novices get directed. There are probably half a dozen other directories (most out of date), but links to those will be found in the prior two, and I'm not sure they add anything (nice to see you here, Siobhan!) Yorker (talk) 03:07, 22 January 2008 (UTC)