https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/08/05/at-the-caslon-letter-foundry/img_9133/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 09 Jul 2025 07:18:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/08/05/at-the-caslon-letter-foundry/img_9133/#comment-1749834 Wed, 09 Jul 2025 07:18:58 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_9133.jpg#comment-1749834 These are remarkable pictures. I worked at the Curwen Press, Plaistow from 1961 when letterpress was being replaced by Litho. So I can remember when typography on this scale was just becoming a shadow of its former self.
Alas, technology has even overtaken the Litho craft process now,
But the good name of the Curwen Press ( now defunct) lives on.

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