Month: July 2014

etymology of addendum

Etymology of addendum: 1794, literally “something added,” from Latin addendum Etymology of add: Late 14c., “to join or unite (something to something else),” from Latin addere “add to, join, attach, place upon,” from ad- “to” + -dere comb. form meaning “to put, place,” from dare “to give”. Meaning “to do sums, do addition” also is from late 14c. Related: Added;…

Colophon is Printed!

Since I used Weiss bold and regular, a serif font, they have two different surface areas which affects the clarity of the printing. Bold has MORE surface area and it was over inking. On the drum, you add packing – basically different thicknesses of paper to ‘cushion’ and raise your desired paper to best meet the face of the text.…

registered red

So I’ve been using the UNI III Vandercook Press and was able to register the red color quite quickly. Anna suggested I use a q-tip to apply pigment to a translucent piece of paper to get a sense of the printing color. Here are my first two registration passes. And the stack moving from only black to black & red.