Ladies of Letterpress | Gregory Jackson Walters | Activity https://ladiesofletterpress.com/members/gregoryjacksonwalters/activity/ Activity feed for Gregory Jackson Walters. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:54:16 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 3179fd3d2ff6c857c6894a4e965e04cf Gregory Jackson Walters started the topic New Casting of 60 point CLOISTER INITIALS in the forum Classifieds https://ladiesofletterpress.com/forums/topic/new-casting-of-60-point-cloister-initials/ Thu, 13 Sep 2018 03:13:21 -0400 I have spent weekends this summer doing a casting of 60 point CLOISTER INITIALS on my Monotype Giant Caster. I posted some photos on Flickr:

Cloister Initials

The type was cast in Monotype metal using rare copper Monotype matrices except for the tint block. Unfortunately the tint block matrix was…[Read more]

]]> 45dfe2d79b513e9570dc4a851de6e090 Gregory Jackson Walters replied to the topic ordering a die - what gauge? in the forum Job Advice https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/ordering-a-die-what-gauge/#post-4169 Wed, 13 May 2015 18:05:39 -0400 For a business card, the 16 gauge will be fine. I’m guessing you’ll have it mounted on wood. The other two are normally used with base. The 11 point is normally used by a printer who has honeycomb base. The extra thickness is needed so that the non-printing edges can be beveled so that the hooks will hold it to the base, and so the printing area…[Read more]

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