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Creator | Title | Description | Subject | Date |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Carol Twombly on type | The appeal of an inviting building begins with its solid architectural space. So too with typography, that all-too-often unnoticed "architecture" implicit in the conveyance of the printed word. Viewed under magnification, bold, vertical stems clearly support cross bars like studs; spherical bowls op... | Typography; Type designer; Typeface | 1994 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Fiber and talent intertwine at Twinrocker | Seventeenth century philosopher John Locke compared the newborn human mind to a blank sheet of paper, a page devoid of any mark, ready to receive on its surface the unique characters of an individual's soul and circumstance. As history demonstrates, not all minds-or sheets of paper-are created equal... | Twinrocker Homemade Paper; Mold-made paper; Papermaking | 1995 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | First paper made west of the Missouri | The need for paper was recognized in Utah by the American Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers before their arrival in "Great Salt Lake City" (as it was originally called) in 1847. Frustration at having to delay plans to publish a newspaper was noted in a letter drafted by Young on July 17... | Deseret News; Thomas Howard; Sugar House Mill; Granite Paper Mill | 1994 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | First word in lasting impressions | The creaking lever-action of a Columbian letterpress printing damped, handmade paper with cast metal type is an anomaly in the modern age. What now can be achieved within minutes on an offset press requires hours of meticulous setting, locking up, inking, and proofing to print on a Columbian powered... | Columbian letterpress; Clymer; Red Butte Press | 1993 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Gibbs Smith: progressive publisher | There is a country twang reverberating in the national blood stream at the moment. Resurgent interest in the American West has mainstreamed country music, drawn ever-larger crowds to the Buffalo Bill and Gene Autry museums, and landed Clint Eastwood two Oscars for his Unforgiven in 1992. | Peregrine Press; Electronic pre-press; Western culture | 1994 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Grain in the ink | When the brothers Charles and Herbert Hatch coined the phrase, "Advertising without posters is like fishing without worms," they adopted the stance of "early birds." Co-founding Nashville's Hatch Show Print in 1879, their commercial poster art was a critical factor in success and failure of many 19t... | Poster; Hatch Show Print; Country Music Foundation | 1995 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Hurricane havoc in paradise | Tuesday 3 November 1992: Having previously cast absentee ballots, six conservators departed from Honolulu airport on election day for Kaua'i and a first-hand look at the damage caused by Hurricane Iniki. | Recovery; Mold; Kaua'i museum | 1992 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Importance of permanence | Color, opacity, weight, texture, printability, and permanence - the choice of paper is critical to any successful printing job and can spell the difference between a satisfied customer and one you'll never see again. Paper is an organic material and as such begins breaking down from the moment of i... | Paper; Acid free; Alkaline paper | 1992 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | J. J. Audubon & 19th century color printing | In 1826, the first hand-colored proofs of John James Audubon's double elephant folio edition of The Birds of America were pulled in Edinburgh, Scotland. His life-sized Wild Turkey was among them, transforming the 41 year old naturalist's "innate desire to acquire a thorough knowledge of the birds o... | John James Audubon; Copperplate; Lithograph | 1994 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Origins of offset | The connection between this printed magazine you are reading and a discarded tin of tuna fish packed in oil or spring water is particularly fascinating, but requires a bit of historical sleuthing, and a brief excursion through the increasingly industrial 19th century. | Tinplate; Direct lithographic printing; Offset lithography | 1995 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Running on alkaline | Sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century paper is unmistakable; it reeks of permanence. Its color, opacity and quality speak of strength and durability Handmade, you say? Cotton and linen fibers? True enough. But the longevity in these ancient sheets (noticeably lacking in much nineteenth and ... | Alkaline pH; Precipitated calcium carbonate; Acid paper | 1994 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Utah Bookbindery | Bookbinders have historically challenged the abnormally-long hours required to generate a profit within their craft. A general strike among London bookbinders in 1786, for example, was organized to reduce the workday from 14 to 12 hours and bring bookbinding into line with comparable trades. The str... | Library bindery; Efficiency; Glen Hancock | 1995 |