Printing 2014

Slightly (!) belatedly here are the photos of printing the 2014 card. Photos start from the bottom.

Ben and the press

 Running the press to score the cards (with no ink or rollers)

We didn't buy pre-scored cards this year, we needed to score them ourselves, this photo shows the scoring bars locked up in a chase, we then used this in the press to score each card

Testing different rules - but in the end we didn't have time to print them

We went to a friend's to look for rules (lines) to print

Looking down into the press from the side

 Ben printing the insides

Still hoping to print lines (here they are drawn on)

Proofs for the inside including initial font choice

The type for the inside locked up in the spider chase

Typesetting the inside

Cleaned up type before dissing (taking it apart)

Ben adding more ink

The card in the press (note that the card is at an angle so that the type will be at an angle on the printed card)

Type in the press

Ruth printing the fronts

Testing colours

The original idea was to print rules between the words

Type on the proofing press with magnetic quoins holding it in place

First proofs and working out the card size

Working out the layout based on an old card

Initial ideas with some wood type that Ben had acquired