Letterpress still exists all over the world, folks, not just in a museum! While traveling in Central Europe, Jared visited Letterpress Manufaktur Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria. In this video, Jared tours the workshop, sets some type, and does some letterpress printing and embossing with Bernhard using a circa 1860 Liberty jobbing press. The phrase “Sacramento visits Salzburg” was typeset with 48 point Sans Serif font. Annette Rollny and Bernhard Müller have a design agency in Salzburg for graphi

The NBA season has started and we here at the Sacramento History Museum are, of course, #SacramentoProud. In honor of the start of the season, Howard letterpress printed something for the Sacramento Kings. This electrotype clearly shows its age because basketballs stopped having laces in the late 1930s. The font is 24 point Caslon. #NBA #NBAA2022 #sacramento #basketball #letterpress #printing | Sacramento History Museum

Even while letterpress printing with our 10x15 Chandler & Price jobbing press, Howard has jokes. Since today, April 10th, is National Golf Day, Howard shares a joke about golfers changing a light bulb. #golf #golfing #jokes #dadjokes #SacHistoryMuseum #sacramento #museum #history #letterpress #printingpress #asmr #printing | Sacramento History Museum