PRINT 162 - Intro to Letterpress Operation

Institution:

Highline College

Subject:

Graphic Production

Description:

Students learn basic letterpress operation including to use hand-fed letterpress equipment. The class covers characteristics of lead type, terms and tools; standard California Job Case for type distribution; and proper technique of hand-setting type, using furniture, coins and a chase to ready forms for printing. Included also is typography and the development of the relief printing process. Students have the option to learn more advanced finishing operations and may be instructed in the operation of an automated letterpress on foiling, embossing and die-cutting projects.

Credits:

5.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

None

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.highline.edu

Phone Number:

(206) 878-3710

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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