{"id":593,"date":"2017-03-09T21:48:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T02:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/?p=593"},"modified":"2017-03-09T21:48:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T02:48:47","slug":"a-few-pressing-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/a-few-pressing-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Pressing Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a lot of fun working at the letter press this week and learning about all the instruments, some interesting facts about roots of different words and phrases, and of course making our very own print.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was really excited to learn how to make a simple print. From how to arrange the letters, to how to ink the machine, and finally how to print.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I was surprised to find that\u00a0many phrases that I use everyday originated from the letter case. E.g.:<\/span>
\n-Upper case and lower case<\/em>– the capital letters were stored at the top while the small letter were stored at the bottom.<\/span>
\n-Out of sorts<\/em>– to not have enough lead letters to finish a print.<\/span>
\n-Missing the deadline<\/em>– when letters and printing pieces go beyond the maximum area that a machine can print on.<\/span>
\n-Hot off the press<\/em>– well that’s pretty self explanatory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I also enjoyed making our print. We wanted to be very innovative with out letters so we made\u00a0the two sentences face each other so that they can be read by readers on either side of the page. This was a cool idea but it took some time to figure out the second sentence because it had to be both upside down and the wrong way round. But in the end, we made a pretty unique looking quote.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We first printed the quote\u00a0in just red.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Then we printed the quote in just black.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Finally, we tried to overprint the red quote with the black quote. They ended up not aligning how we hoped it would because we printed the red and black on separate days so the pieces on the printing press had been moved. I still think it looks like a pretty cool print even though it was not what we had expected it to look like.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am hoping the press has open hours because I am definitely interested in going back and making some more prints. I enjoyed the challenge of figuring everything out and the satisfaction of seeing such a unique, neat, final\u00a0product.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a lot of fun working at the letter press this week and learning about all the instruments, some interesting facts about roots of different words and phrases, and of course making our very own print. I was really excited to learn how to make a simple print. From how to arrange the letters, … <\/p>\n

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