United States of Letterpress – Pack B Field Notes

Field Notes’ United States of Letterpress Series features the work of nine independent letterpress shops from across America. This series demonstrates a wide array of craftsmanship, ingenuity, and love for the age-old and tactile process of letterpress printing.

Pack B includes one cover designed by each of:

• Springtide Press of Tacoma, Washington
• Brad Vetter of Louisville, Kentucky
• Ben Blount of Evanston, Illinois

This series was created with pride, great attention to detail, and using timeless printing techniques. 

• Proudly printed by the good people of Lake County Press, Waukegan, Ill.
• Cover: Printed on 1 of 6 French Pop-Tone 100#C stocks with a thick, brute force, 1-color application of “Linotype Slug Gray” soy-based Superior ink. It was then sent to 1 of 6 Letterpress printers around the U.S.A. and smashed with a 2-color application of “Process Blue” and “Rubine Red” letterpress inks.
• Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 60#T “Bright White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Double Knee Duck Canvas Light Brown” soy-based Toyo ink.
• Cover and innards printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40″ 6-color printing press, as well as various vintage presses (see flyleaf for more details).
• Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder/scorer & Rima RS 10S in-line stacker.
• Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8″ (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine.
• FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials.

Due to the nature of this product, cover designs may vary.