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New “Reduced” Print

P22 presents its newest print from the P22 Design Research Laboratory. The P22DRL is an archive of thousands of wood advertising blocks originally used by Pollack Printing of Buffalo NY for department store posters in the mid 20th Century.

This print by Richard Kegler features an arrangement of 8 different circular wood blocks arranged concentrically and printed in yellow, cyan, magenta, hunter, blue, orange, red, and gold.

Using the blocks unaltered from their original state, they become studies in pure color with Pop Art overtones.

P22 Type Foundry Embarks on Twenty-Fifth Year in Historic Rochester Building

Talman Building Former Home to Frederick Douglass’s North Star

We're happy to embark on our twenty-fifth year by returning a traditional printing presence to the historic Talman Building on East Main Street in our new home city of Rochester, New York. The Talman Building is famous for being the headquarters of Frederick Douglass and his North Star newspaper, as well as for hosting other printers throughout the nineteenth century.

In addition to being a working printshop for posters, prints, and limited-edition books, the studio will be used to pull proofs of historic metal and wood types as P22 continues to expand its brand of typographic archaeology. P22 will also host limited exhibitions from the P22 graphic design collections and featured work from visiting artists in their Vault Gallery, retrofitted from the steel-walled vault from bank tenants who occupied the space from the 1920s into the 2000s.

P22 was founded in Buffalo, New York, in 1994 as an extension of Richard Kegler’s media study master thesis project. P22 also recently added two partners, James Grieshaber of Typeco and Patrick Griffin of Canada Type, to offer custom type designs and to expand P22’s retail collection, which currently consists of over one thousand type designs. Additionally, new prints, books, and supplies for letterpress printers are produced for sale.

The new studio in Rochester brings together the past twenty-five years of P22’s typographic research and design into one central location. Visitors welcome by appointment.

Chromatic Ornate Type Specimen

This wood type letterpress print has been produced as a specimen of the new wood type version of Chromatic Ornate made by Virgin Wood Type Mfg. Co.

The inspiration for Virgin’s Chromatic Ornate was William H. Page’s Ornate No. 1. Page mastered wood type manufacturing in the mid- to late-1800s, and the pinnacle of his craft was published in the the Specimens of Chromatic Wood Types, Borders, Etc. in 1874. Few Page original wood type chromatics survive today and are revered for not only their rarity but for their beauty as well.

This seven color specimen was hand printed by Geri McCormick and James Grieshaber on a Vandercook Universal 3 at the Flower City Arts Center over the course of seven days. The letters are printed in cyan, magenta, yellow, purple, orange, and green, with the colophon in grey. This is an 80lb cover print, measures 13” x 19”, in an edition of 110, signed and numbered.

Black Friday Sale

40% Off P22 Collection fonts for 2 days only!

Give yourself a gift this holiday, or just use up your departmental budget before the end of the year. Grab that Underground or script face you always wanted. But get your P22 Type Collection fonts in the next couple of days before this offer expires on 12/1/2019 at midnight. And be on the look out for discounts on our other P22 font collections in the coming cyber shopping week.

P22 Type Foundry is an independent design group, that has been making digital fonts inspired by historic lettering styles since 1994, and currently has over 1,000 unique designs in its font offerings. P22’s attention to historical accuracy and acknowledgment of source material, has made it a go-to source for iconic and important fonts.

P22 Holiday Specimen Pack

Over $100 Retail Value for Only $29.95

This is the perfect gift for that typographic someone on your holiday shopping list. This curated bundle of type specimen books and booklets comes wrapped—sealed in a translucent silver poly bag—ready for gift giving.

The Package includes: The Indie Fonts 2 Book, Futurismo CD (includes a font), William Caslon Experience CD (includes a font and fold out specimen poster), P22 Little Black Type Specimen Booklet, Civilité Type Specimen Booklet, Dear Mr Hunter Book, three P22 Chapbooks, one Typographic Notebook, plus a smattering of postcards, stickers, and other P22 ephemera from the vaults.

Supplies are limited. Only one pack per person please.

Sanguine Saturday Sale

50% IHOF Collection fonts for 2 days only!

Give yourself a gift this holiday, or just use up your departmental budget before the end of the year. Now is the time to grab that Michael Clark or Ted Staunton face you always wanted. But get your IHOF Collection fonts in the next couple of days before the offer expires on 12/2/2019 at midnight. And be on the look out for discounts on our other P22 font collections this coming cyber shopping week.

International House of Fonts (IHOF) is a type boutique showcasing distinctive type designs and designers from around the world. While still technically part of P22 type foundry, with a focus on historically inspired designs, IHOF offers a wider range of styles from single fonts to a mega-font families. Designs include historical revivals but also original designs from a range of contemporary type designers.

P22 Holiday Specimen Pack

Over $100 Retail Value for Only $29.95

This is the perfect gift for that typographic someone on your holiday shopping list. This curated bundle of type specimen books and booklets comes wrapped—sealed in a translucent silver poly bag—ready for gift giving.

The Package includes: The Indie Fonts 2 Book, Futurismo CD (includes a font), William Caslon Experience CD (includes a font and fold out specimen poster), P22 Little Black Type Specimen Booklet, Civilité Type Specimen Booklet, Dear Mr Hunter Book, three P22 Chapbooks, one Typographic Notebook, plus a smattering of postcards, stickers, and other P22 ephemera from the vaults.

Supplies are limited. Only one pack per person please.

Wintergreen Wednesday Sale

30% Hamilton Wood Type Collection fonts for 2 days only!

Give yourself a gift this holiday, or just use up your departmental budget before the end of the year. Now would be the time to grab that new Mark Simonson font or the Erik Spiekermann face you always wanted. But get your Hamilton Wood Type Collection fonts in the next couple of days before the offer expires on 11/29/2019 at midnight. And be on the look out for discounts on our other P22 font collections in the coming cyber shopping week.

Hamilton Wood Type Collection is a partnership between P22 Type Foundry and the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum that aims to see a large collection of wood type faces converted into up-to-date font technologies by todays type designers. All sales of HWT fonts benefit the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers Wisconsin.

P22 Holiday Specimen Pack

Over $100 Retail Value for Only $29.95

This is the perfect gift for that typographic someone on your holiday shopping list. This curated bundle of type specimen books and booklets comes wrapped—sealed in a translucent silver poly bag—ready for gift giving.

The Package includes: The Indie Fonts 2 Book (includes a CD of fonts), Futurismo CD (includes a font), William Caslon Experience CD (includes a font), P22 Little Black Type Specimen Booklet, Civilité Type Specimen Booklet, Dear Mr. Hunter Book, three P22 Chapbooks, one Typographic Notebook, plus a smattering of postcards, stickers, and other P22 ephemera that is not otherwise available.

Supplies are limited. Only one pack per person please.

Cyan Monday Sale

60% Off Lanston Type Collection fonts for 2 days only!

If you noticed our last few emails over the past week, you might have expected this last one... and it's the biggest discount yet! Give yourself a gift this holiday, or just use up your departmental budget before the end of the year. Grab that Frederic Goudy or Sol Hess face you always wanted. But get your Lanston Type Collection fonts in the next couple of days before the offer expires on 12/4/2019 at midnight.

Lanston Type Collection (LTC) has a rich tradition dating back to the nineteenth century. Acquired by P22 in 2004, LTC features a wealth of classic type designs from well-noted, influential designers including Frederic Goudy, Sol Hess, and Bruce Rogers. The designs contained in the collection include many mid-century designs digitized in a style true to the sources. LTC- Classic design relevant to today's design needs.

P22 Holiday Specimen Pack

Over $100 Retail Value for Only $29.95

This is the perfect gift for that typographic someone on your holiday shopping list. This curated bundle of type specimen books and booklets comes wrapped—sealed in a translucent silver poly bag—ready for gift giving.

The Package includes: The Indie Fonts 2 Book (includes a CD of fonts), Futurismo CD (includes a font), William Caslon Experience CD (includes a font), P22 Little Black Type Specimen Booklet, Civilité Type Specimen Booklet, Dear Mr. Hunter Book, three P22 Chapbooks, one Typographic Notebook, plus a smattering of postcards, stickers, and other P22 ephemera that is not otherwise available.

Supplies are limited. Only one pack per person please.

Reintroducing the NEW P22 Type Gauge Multi-Tool

P22 is happy to present our Type Gauge Multi-Tool. This new version is similar to our previous laser-cut, fluorescent-orange, acrylic tool, with a few improvements and now cut from 1mm thick stainless steel.

"Necessity is the mother of invention." While we didn't invent anything brand new, we did seek out a solution to a print-shop need, and we are happy to bring you this essential tool for letterpress printers. We wanted a quick and easy type gauge to sort metal type and spacing in our studio. There are a couple gauges available, but this is not a common tool in most print shops. We looked at the various styles and decided to pare ours down to basic measurements and even add a few extra features not found in other gauges. One side has notched gaps to precisely identify and measure type and spacing. The other edge is a Pica scale marked in 6 and 12 point increments. At the bottom we included a Type High gauge, and it can even be used to pry open ink cans!

To get this essential stocking stuffer for that letterpress printer on your list, please order by 12/20/19 to ensure delivery by 12/23/19.

P22 Holiday Specimen Pack

Over $100 Retail Value for Only $29.95

This is the perfect gift for that typographic someone on your holiday shopping list. This curated bundle of type specimen books and booklets comes wrapped—sealed in a translucent silver poly bag—ready for gift giving.

The Package includes: The Indie Fonts 2 Book (includes a CD of fonts), Futurismo CD (includes a font), William Caslon Experience CD (includes a font), P22 Little Black Type Specimen Booklet, Civilité Type Specimen Booklet, Dear Mr. Hunter Book, three P22 Chapbooks, one Typographic Notebook, plus a smattering of postcards, stickers, and other P22 ephemera that is not otherwise available.

Supplies are limited. Only one pack per person please.

Happy Holidays from P22 Type Foundry

Please accept his gift from us

If you are getting this email, then you are either a P22 customer, or someone who has signed up for our newsletter… we appreciate this. As a token of our appreciation we hope you will accept this humble gift: a font (of course). Follow this link to a hidden page on our site to claim your font: Specimen. A traditional type specimen is a printed sheet or book showing samples of type. This “specimen” is a font itself, fully functional, and ready to use. Just add it to your cart and check out.

And now for the shameless plugs:

P22 Holiday Specimen Pack

Over $100 Retail Value for Only $29.95

This is the perfect gift for that typographic someone on your holiday shopping list. This curated bundle of type specimen books and booklets comes wrapped—sealed in a translucent silver poly bag—ready for gift giving.

The Package includes: The Indie Fonts 2 Book (includes a CD of fonts), Futurismo CD (includes a font), William Caslon Experience CD (includes a font), P22 Little Black Type Specimen Booklet, Civilité Type Specimen Booklet, Dear Mr. Hunter Book, three P22 Chapbooks, one Typographic Notebook, plus a smattering of postcards, stickers, and other P22 ephemera that is not otherwise available.

Supplies are limited. Only one pack per person please. Please order by 12/20/19 to ensure delivery by 12/23/19.

The NEW P22 Type Gauge Multi-Tool

P22 is happy to present our Type Gauge Multi-Tool. This new version is similar to our previous laser-cut, fluorescent-orange, acrylic tool, with a few improvements and now cut from 1mm thick stainless steel.

"Necessity is the mother of invention." While we didn't invent anything brand new, we did seek out a solution to a print-shop need, and we are happy to bring you this essential tool for letterpress printers. We wanted a quick and easy type gauge to sort metal type and spacing in our studio. There are a couple gauges available, but this is not a common tool in most print shops. We looked at the various styles and decided to pare ours down to basic measurements and even add a few extra features not found in other gauges. One side has notched gaps to precisely identify and measure type and spacing. The other edge is a Pica scale marked in 6 and 12 point increments. At the bottom we included a Type High gauge, and it can even be used to pry open ink cans!

To get this essential stocking stuffer for that letterpress printer on your list, please order by 12/20/19 to ensure delivery by 12/23/19.

P22 Type Foundry is pleased to present Showcard Script

The latest release from the Hamilton Wood Type Collection!

Described as “An extended script type that lends itself well to fine fashion, ready-to-wear and all quality merchandise” in a marketing blurb pitching Beaufont by the Morgan Sign Machine Company of Chicago for their Line-O-Scribe sign printing system. This advertising script font was originally manufactured exclusively for Morgan Sign under license by the Hamilton Wood Type Manufacturing Company.

The source patterns and original artwork for this typeface exist in the archives of the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, and were used for this fresh digitization of this font. This digital take includes alternate letters as originally designed in the mid-century wood type version, and now includes a full extended latin character set with over 350 characters.

As a special introductory offer, you can get the new HWT Showcard Script font for 33% off the retail price of $29.95. Offer good until Feb 15, 2020.

New HWT Bernice Chapbook #11 For Free...

With the purchase of the HWT Bernice font

P22 Type Foundry has released quite few wood type revivals and new designs inspired by historic wood type in conjunction with the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum over the past 8 years, and even more are coming this year. One of the Hamilton Wood Type Collection (HWT) designs that may have slipped by many people is the Bernice ornament system created by designer, typographer, and artist Marian Bantjes. These ornaments exemplify the complex intricate systems that define Bantjes' work. While she designed the ornaments to be manufactured in wood on an Hamilton’s arcane and rare border stamping machine, the digital version is accessible to anyone. Because of the apparent complexity of the system, we have put together this little booklet that shows some basic methods for assembling complex patterns with just a few keystrokes. This 32 page booklet is a step-by-step visual guide that begins to show you what you can be done with these ornaments.

Our chapbooks are simple one color booklets, so the cover was a chance for us to illustrate what can be done with Bernice in multiple colors with transparency. We letterpress printed the pattern we chose in red and blue inks, where the overlap creates purple, on top of the Mohawk Via sunflower yellow paper, hand-printed in our P22 print studio. This booklet is #11 in the P22 chapbook series and like all of the others, is limited to 1500 copies.

As a special introductory offer: a free copy of the booklet will be mailed to you with the purchase of the HWT Bernice ornament font from the P22 website. Free booklet offer good until January 31, 2020.

The Bernice chapbook is also available for sale if you already have the font, or if you just want to complete your run of P22 Chapbooks.

A New Decade, A New Club

The P22 Club is back and better than ever!

With our continuing commitment to the quality of P22, comes a fresh focus on the P22 Club in 2020. We are making the P22 club fun again. The Club, now in its 18th year, is an excellent value and a great way to save money on fonts and other fine things contained on the P22 website. As part of your membership you will also be the first to receive printed goodies, and only Club members will receive other unearthed typographic treasures from the P22 Vaults. The 2020 club membership remains only $99.95 and offers these great benefits:

• First and foremost you will automatically get a 20% discount throughout the year for all purchases made on the P22 website, including fonts from any of the P22 collections, as well as exclusive P22 merchandise.

• The above discount is in addition to any special offers we advertise for double-dip savings!

• A whopping $80 credit towards any future purchases in the next year.

• The P22 Club is valid for a full 12 months from the date of purchase.

• Letterpress printed membership certificate and card suitable for cherishing, sent upon receipt of dues.

• Random mailings of printed materials produced throughout the year, or rediscovered P22 ephemera. What could be more fun than random typographic mail?

• A special Members Only exclusive gift!

What more could you ask for? The membership pays for itself in discounts and credits, AND you get free stuff to boot. Join Now!

Savage Impressions Book

Last week to order at pre-sale price.

Delivery in February 2020.

The long-awaited book, Savage Impressions: An Aesthetic Expedition Through the Archives of Independent Project Records & Press, is only weeks away from shipping. The advance copies arrived and we are quite pleased with the results. This 240 page book started as a Kickstarter campaign and was designed and developed upon the successful conclusion of that campaign. Like all good things, it took a bit longer to assemble and print than we ever anticipated. We have held the pre-order price as long as we could, but now having done all the accounting, we are coming to grips with the reality that we have to raise the price and we will not be wholesaling the book or selling on Amazon. The price will go up to the posted retail prices** for both regular and deluxe versions as of January 28, 2020. We will honor the pre sale price until then, so if you were thinking about picking up a copy, now is the best time to order.

The books will be shipping in early February and due to the large number of pre-orders and logistics of assembling the deluxe version, the shipments will take a little bit of time to get out the door. If you have already ordered from way back when, thank you for your patience. You will have your copy very soon!

** The original plan had the book at 150 pages, with the deluxe to have two letterpress components, and a 10” record with 6 songs. Over the course of creating the book, it grew to 240 pages, with the deluxe to include four letterpress pieces, and a metallic gold 12” record with 13 songs. For those who like math stats, that’s a 60% increase in page count, a 20% increase in vinyl record, with a 100+% increase in audio content, and 100% increase in hand-printed letterpress content. Of course this all took more time from the design and production team. And the last kicker was an unpredictable tariff. So rather than pass the higher expenses onto you, we are sticking to our posted prices, and you have one week to be among the lucky ones who will pay less than everyone in the future.

P22 Records Re-releases First 7" Single

Girlpope’s I was a Teenage Jesus

In 1994, P22 existed as a catch-all moniker for various art projects. Inspired primarily by Emigre Magazine/Type Foundry/Music, we felt we could do it all! P22 Records first vinyl record release was a power-pop ditty by the band Girlpope. This record and its many variations were directly inspired by Bruce Licher and Independent Project Records. 

The Super Deluxe Limited Edition version of this 7" single, show here, is pressed on Burgundy wine colored vinyl, the nailed to a board, wrapped in velum with letterpress printing, in a numbered edition of one hundred. See the other versions on our site.

Alas, despite releasing 18 records, the label quietly went into hibernation. P22 has remained focused on digital and analog type and related by-products but the label has returned as a component in the deluxe version of the new Bruce Licher Monograph Savage Impressions. Although the deluxe version of the book is now sold out, P22 Records will be offering a stand-alone version of the record Tape Excavation (P22-019) in the coming weeks. In anticipation of that release, we re-present our first vinyl release.

P22 Line Gauge
An Essential Print Shop Tool

The P22 Line Gauge, or Pica Pole, is an essential print shop tool for measuring spacing, leading, and alignment of your form. These are standard press room rulers and are marked in units of measure printers and typographers use-Picas, Points, Agate, and Inches. These rulers are stainless steel and the graduation marks  are etched for longevity. They also have the hooked top edge feature common on this type of scale. We came into a limited supply of standard 12" Line Gauges that were unbranded, so of course we had our P22 branding etched onto them. This item is limited, so get yours before they''re gone.

P22 Holiday Specimen Pack
Over $200 Retail Value for Only 39.95

This is the perfect gift for that typographic someone on your holiday shopping list. This curated bundle of type specimen books and booklets comes wrapped-sealed in a translucent silver poly bag-ready for gift giving.

This years package includes: Thinking in Script letterpress printed book, P22 Stamp Sheet, P22 Dollars, P22 Savage Impressions dry-gum stamps, Festina Lente book arts journal, Linotype matrix key ring, Futurismo CD (includes a font), William Caslon Experience CD (includes a font), P22 Family of Fonts Type Specimen Booklet, Civilit? Type Specimen, Dear Mr. Hunter Book, Three P22 Chapbooks, P22 Blox Specimen, P22 5-in-1 pocket multi-tool pen, Actual piece of P22 Blox plastic type, plus a smattering of stickers, postcards, and other P22 ephemera that is not otherwise available.

...AND THAT'S NOT ALL, as an added bonus, each P22 Holiday Specimen Pack ordered will come with an Indie Fonts 2 Book (includes a CD of 38 fonts).

Supplies are limited. Only one pack per person please.

"The Future Has Been Cancelled Until Further Notice"

Limited Edition Letterpress Print

Designed and printed by Richard Kegler, this print is an unusual size 28" x 10" and is printed on chipboard. The "illustration" of a silhouette of a dormant factory is actually a sideways F trapezoid outline block that was cut on one side for some mysterious reason years before entering into the P22 collection. The metallic gold ink is printed over black and the wood type text is printed silver over gold. Each background has a slightly different layering of black ink. Signed and numbered in an edition of 25.

. 28 x 10"

. Black, silver, and gold inks

. Chipboard stock

. Signed and numbered

. Limited edition of only 25

Cooper Coiffure aka The Girl with the Cooper Black Hair

A Wood Block Print with a Cause

Cooper Coiffure is a new print created at the P22 Studios by printer/printing historian Amelia Hugill-Fontanel on the Vandercook Universal III. The blocks are from the Pollack Printing Collection housed at P22, and feature the impressive 840-point Cooper Black wood type! The composition evokes Futurist advertising posters and early experimental modernist poster designs.

This limited edition print is 18.5" ? 28", uses 5 ink colors, on Mohawk Renewal Wheat 120 lb. cover paper, and is signed and numbered. Check out more images and information on the process of the making of this print on Behance.

The printmaker is donating proceeds to GirlTrek, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the health and healing of black women and girls. In their own words: "In the footsteps of a civil rights legacy, GirlTrek is a national health movement that activates thousands of Black women to be change makers in their lives and communities-through walking." They are the sponsors of a recent 21-day challenge podcast called Black History Bootcamp which motivates anyone to walk while learning about dynamic Black figures in history.

Introducing the P22 Printers Apron

With all the things a printer needs

It's just not a printers apron unless it has a pocket for your pica pole, right? So of course our apron has that, plus a second shorter pocket to hold your P22 Type Gauge Multi-Tool (not included), and loads of other features, including: Cross-back straps for less neck fatigue, chest pocket for cell phone or glasses, two large waist pockets, embroidered with the P22 logo, and made of durable black denim. Supplies are limited.

Stay Safe, and Do Your Part.

Hello again from P22-land,

As we are adjusting to social distancing, but also trying to work on projects to keep us busy, we''re finding adjusting to the reality that "business as usual" is no longer something any of us have.

In strange times like these, we all want to do our part. Since we don't have an alcohol or fabric factory that we can repurpose, then how can we contribute? We are just designers, so design we will. We made these FREE to use COVID-19 PSA Posters to raise awareness. They are not witty nor dire, just simple and to the point. Use them if you want, and feel free to share the PDF files as well. Now you can do your part: reproduce and repost these at will, you can even grab our Instagram pics.

Continue to social distance, and enjoy this film for free.

Take your mind off of things for a bit, or socially distance from your housemates who don''t share your enthusiasm for all things type, by watching this film for Free.

We started offering our Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century video as a free digital rental last week and are happy there have been so many appreciative responses to that. We have had several requests for the purchase option of the digital versions of Making Faces on Vimeo on Demand so we have decided to make that half price. The discount codes are now:

Purchase for 50% off of digital Making Faces - P22MF50

Free rental of digital Making Faces - OMEGA22

Use these codes at the P22 Vimeo On Demand Page. (Codes valid until 4/24/2020)

A: An Amperstack!

Eight Layers of Letterpress Ampersand Goodness

For this print Richard Kegler uses a collection of vintage wood type ampersands to create a layered stacking of eight ampersands in eight colors: white, black, gold, silver, grey, white, black, gold. Each layer has textural or visual interaction with the preceding layer that define the outlines of each glyph. The largest ampersand is 12" tall from the Pollock Collection of advertising wood blocks, and the smallest is 16 point from the metal version of Jim Rimmer''s Stern font.

The ampersand is the one typographic character that has its own unique place-as a word that is also a glyph-and really has no other use other than signifying 'and'. It is the character that has a special place as a graphic element that makes a bold statement in its simple beauty.

These twin editions feature the same printing on vastly different backgrounds for a striking effect that draws the eye into the center and a meditative appreciation of the Ampersand. Each print is 12" x 18", eight times through the press, signed and numbered, in a limited edition of only 25 of each. Choose from the Brown or White Edition.

Something Big

A Timely Wood Block Letterpress Print

Co-designed and printed by Amelia Hugill-Fontanel and Richard Kegler, this print is 12"x 18" and was executed on March 11 in the midst of uncertain and mysterious utterances from US Leadership on the brink of admitting that "something big" was going on. The silhouette block was originally intended for some fantastic variety store sales event, but conjures up more of invasion of the bodysnatchers vibe.

Each print background is layering of an ink cleaning sheet on top of a makeready proof (overprinting from previous editions), so each one is a bit different. We are still considering this an edition of 25, signed and numbered.

. Limited edition of only 25

All Lanston Type Collection Fonts 75% Off

For A Limited Time Only

Stuck in a rut? Looking for new design inspiration? It is hard to beat taking a look back at the classics when it feels like there is nothing new that is exciting and really fresh. Here is a great opportunity to build up your typography toolkit with some of the most iconic American type designs of the 20th century.

The Lanston Type Company (LTC) has a rich tradition dating back to the nineteenth century. Acquired by P22 in 2004, LTC features a wealth of classic type designs from well-noted, influential designers including Frederic Goudy, Bruce Rogers, Sol Hess, and Morris Fuller Benton. The designs contained in the collection include many mid-century designs digitized in a style true to the sources-classic design relevant to today''s design needs.

P22 is pleased to offer an unprecedented 75% off all fonts in our Lanston Type Collection. Get any and all Lanston fonts at 75% off until May 15, 2020. No code needed.

Stock up now on all the LTC type and ornament classics while they are 75% off!

Incendiary
A New Wood Block Letterpress Print

This print was consciously inspired by the style of Soviet Constructivist paintings by Kasimir Malevich and the Dada collages of Kurt Schwitters among other early avant garde typographers, including H.N. Werkman and Aleksandr Rodchenko.

For this print Richard Kegler selected the fragmented text from the scrap boxes of the P22 Pollack Printing Collection that had been cut in a haphazard way by the previous owner. Each layer was locked up in the press with wedge shaped spacers to visualize a radiating barrage of text from a central point off the page.

For this 26" x 19" print, Richard did six runs through the press-using red, yellow, and four passes of black ink, on BFK Rives Heavyweight stock. Signed and numbered in a very limited edition of only 25.

P22 Type Foundry is pleased to present Bangersfield

A new font release from Robby Woodard

P22 Bangersfield is a four-member font family from Robby Woodard. With line treatments clearly inspired by cased meat products, these fonts function as a healtier alternative to Comic Sans. The casual hand lettering works well for light-hearted design and comic lettering. These fonts are stuffed with opentype features, extra ornaments, and a full Central European character set-over 400 characters per serving. Satisfy your hunger for a fresh take on a stale genre!

As a special introductory offer, you can get the new P22 Bangersfield font for 33% off the retail price of $29.95. Offer good until March 31, 2020.

We Are Extending P22 Cyber Sale Deals
On All Digital Fonts

Did you miss our holiday font sale? Well here you go. we are extending out Cyber Sales for one week!

I''ll recap: All Hamilton Wood Type Collection fonts are 30% off, All P22 Collecton fonts are 40% off, all IHOF fonts are 50% off, and all Lanston Type Collection fonts are 60% off. all at the same time! Stock up now while they are at the best prices all year!

All theses discounts extended until 12/7/20.

White Album Trio of Prints

The White Album trio of letterpress prints was created by Richard Kegler at the P22 studio on the Vandercook Universal III press during the lockdowns and uncertainty of the 2020 pandemic. All three prints are inspired by songs found on side four of the Beatles White Album (released November 22,1968). Each is hand-printed, initialed, and numbered in a limited edition of 100 copies.

The song Revolution #1 is a more laid back version of the song featured on the B-side of Hey Jude. In this version Lennon states that in regard to talking about destruction, you can count him 'out', followed by the word 'in'. This print presents both options and is styled after classic wood type protest posters. Using vintage wood type, the color scheme evokes a late 1960s sensibility rather than a stark black and red that might be used with this type of design.

The song Savoy Truffle by George Harrison features lyrics extracted from a box of chocolates from the Mackintosh company. The original design of the Good News assortment box features styled chocolates with their names underneath. This print was made by redrawing each of the chocolates having the wood blocks laser-cut for relief printing. The test was set in 10pt Venus Extended Medium type along with 48pt Bulmer Italic. A solid tint block in the background was printed from a type-high wood block. The print takes this piece of 1960s advertising and presents it as an art print suitable for framing.

The #9 print features four layers of off-white ink as well as a blind deboss and silver crash numbering on glass white cover stock. The full effect is difficult to capture in a photograph. A quick look might see vague typographic forms on a mostly white field. The idea was to use snippets of "lyrics" found in this most challenging of all Beatles songs for a visually challenging print that evokes the White Album's minimal cover design but one that has been well used and perhaps found in a second-hand shop. The print is editioned with a numbering machine on a platen press using silver ink as were the original copies of the White Album.

Get Any one or all 3 of theses limited edition letterpress prints.

Metal Type Goudy Cloister Initials Are Back in Stock

Available in a Very Limited Supply

Goudy Cloister Initials are being made available for a very limited offering as sets of 60-point and 72-point metal type, each containing the letters A-Z plus 2 tint blocks. Cloister Initials were originally designed by Frederic Goudy and released through American Type Founders in 1917 in sizes from 36-144 point. They were later offered by Lanston Monotype when Goudy became the Typographic Director of the company. These decorative initials are reminiscent of the floriated capitals seen in ancient manuscripts and early printing that sought to imitate manuscripts.

This type is cast by Gregory Walters in Piqua, Ohio on a Monotype Giantcaster with Lanston Monotype mats. Mr. Walters owns some of the only machines capable of casting matrices this size.

Included with your order of the physical type is a digital font called LTC Goudy Initials. This digital font contains all the metal initials found in this metal type set to help you compose your work on screen before heading to press.

See a detailed description and photos of how Gregory Walters cast the 120-point Cloister Initials (this size no longer available).

We also have a specimen poster printed from the 120-point Cloister Initials available in our shop.

SOMETHING BIG

A Timely Wood Block Letterpress Print

Co-designed and printed by Amelia Hugill-Fontanel and Richard Kegler, this print is 12" x 18" and was executed on March 11 in the midst of uncertain and mysterious utterances from US leadership on the brink of admitting that "something big" was going on. The silhouette block was originally intended for some fantastic variety store sales event, but conjures up more of invasion of the bodysnatchers vibe.

This is a variable edition, whereas each print background is layering of an ink cleaning sheet on top of a makeready proof-overprinting from previous editions. Although each one is a bit different, we are still considering this an edition of 25, signed and numbered. Pick yours now.

30% Hamilton Wood Type Collection Fonts
For 2 Days Only!

Give yourself a gift this holiday, or just use up your departmental budget before the end of the year. Now would be the time to grab that new Mark Simonson font or the Erik Spiekermann face you always wanted. But get your Hamilton Wood Type Collection fonts in the next couple of days before the offer expires on 11/27/2020 at midnight. And be on the look out for discounts on our other P22 font collections in the coming cyber shopping week.

The Hamilton Wood Type Collection is a partnership between P22 Type Foundry and the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum that aims to see a large collection of wood type faces converted into up-to-date font technologies by todays type designers. All sales of HWT fonts benefit the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers Wisconsin.

P22 Holiday Specimen Pack

Over $200 Retail Value for Only 39.95

This is the perfect gift for that typographic someone on your holiday shopping list. This curated bundle of type specimen books and booklets comes wrapped-sealed in a translucent silver poly bag-ready for gift giving.

This years package includes: Thinking in Script letterpress printed book, P22 Stamp Sheet, P22 Dollars, P22 Savage Impressions dry-gum stamps, Festina Lente book arts journal, Linotype matrix key ring, Futurismo CD (includes a font), William Caslon Experience CD (includes a font), P22 Family of Fonts type specimen booklet, Civilit? type specimen, Dear Mr. Hunter book, Three P22 Chapbooks, P22 Blox specimen, P22 5-in-1 pocket multi-tool pen, Actual piece of P22 Blox plastic type, plus a smattering of stickers, postcards, and other P22 ephemera that is not otherwise available.

...AND THAT'S NOT ALL, as an added bonus, each P22 Holiday Specimen Pack ordered will come with an Indie Fonts 2 Book (includes a CD of 38 fonts).

Supplies are limited. Only one pack per person please.

Anonymous Midwest Landscape No. 3
A New Wood Type Letterpress Print

Richard Kegler was inspired in part by the documentation of saw patterns on the backs of wood type done by David Shields for his research on American Wood Type manufacturing of the 19th Century, the undersides of all type high blocks are generally as printable as the faces. Combined with the discovery of misused broken wood type blocks, the imagery of manufacturing by products and neglect become something more formal and beautiful when locked up in a form. Add in the inspiration of flying cross-country on a clear day and staring out at the flat landscape, and this is how this series came to be.

This third print in this series looks towards a winter landscape with pale grey and pale brown-green and a touch of black shadow and asphalt peeking through.

This 19.5" x 13.75" print is in 3 subtle colors, on Magnani Incisioni 310 gsm paper, with a deckle along bottom edge, signed and numbered, in a limited edition of only 30.

Holiday Mail Order Update:

We recommend ordering before Dec 16 in order to receive gifts in time for Christmas (in the USA). We ship priority mail for most items, but you never know.

P22 Introduces Dichromate
A Modular-Based Display Font System

P22 Dichromate is a new modular-based display font system from UK based designer/writer Will Hill. This display typeface is comprised of two 'interlocking' fonts. These may be used independently as eccentrically broken designs, or overlaid enabling the two sets of the letter-shapes to combine to create chromatic color combinations. Get this font for 25% off as an introductory special. Special discount lasts until November 30, 2020.

50% IHOF Collection Fonts
For 2 Days Only!

Give yourself a gift this holiday, or just use up your departmental budget before the end of the year. Now is the time to grab that Michael Clark or Ted Staunton face you always wanted. But get your IHOF Collection fonts in the next couple of days before the offer expires on 11/30/2020 at midnight. And be on the look out for discounts on our other P22 font collections this coming cyber shopping week.

The International House of Fonts (IHOF) is a type boutique showcasing distinctive type designs and designers from around the world. While still technically part of P22 type foundry, with a focus on historically inspired designs, IHOF offers a wider range of styles from single fonts to a mega-font families. Designs include historical revivals but also original designs from a range of contemporary type designers.

P22 Holiday Specimen Pack

Over $200 Retail Value for Only 39.95

This is the perfect gift for that typographic someone on your holiday shopping list. This curated bundle of type specimen books and booklets comes wrapped-sealed in a translucent silver poly bag-ready for gift giving.

This years package includes: Thinking in Script letterpress printed book, P22 Stamp Sheet, P22 Dollars, P22 Savage Impressions dry-gum stamps, Festina Lente book arts journal, Linotype matrix key ring, Futurismo CD (includes a font), William Caslon Experience CD (includes a font), P22 Family of Fonts type specimen booklet, Civilit? type specimen, Dear Mr. Hunter book, Three P22 Chapbooks, P22 Blox specimen, P22 5-in-1 pocket multi-tool pen, Actual piece of P22 Blox plastic type, plus a smattering of stickers, postcards, and other P22 ephemera that is not otherwise available.

...AND THAT'S NOT ALL, as an added bonus, each P22 Holiday Specimen Pack ordered will come with an Indie Fonts 2 Book (includes a CD of 38 fonts).

Supplies are limited. Only one pack per person please.

Tape Excavation Limited Edition LP

P22 Releases Copies of the Bruce Licher LP

This limited edition vinyl LP was created to accompany the deluxe edition of the Savage Impressions book published by P22 in February 2020. Tape Excavation was compiled by Bruce Licher in early 2019 after scouring through dozens of boxes of cassette tapes from rehearsals, demos, and other recordings to find previously unheard nuggets from his various musical endeavors. Dating from his first recordings for Independent Project Records in 1980 to a rehearsal demo of his current musical endeavor SR2, a collaboration with his wife Karen Nielsen Licher, this compilation contains 14 intriguing windows into the ongoing evolution of Licher's sound and musical vision. This record is an audio parallel to the book.

Tape Excavation is a joint release between P22 Records and Independent Project Records (IP073/P22-019). The LP comes in a die-cut, folded sleeve that has been letterpress-printed by Bruce Licher in black and metallic inks. The deluxe edition of the book and its gold vinyl companion LP are now sold out, however an additional 200 numbered copies of the LP on black vinyl with a different colorway (silver and black) album jacket were made as a stand alone-release. P22 has a run of 50 of these available for sale.

The Savage Impressions book release events

To celebrate this long-awaited event, there will be two book release parties on Saturday March 7th, 2020:

The first will be held at P22 HQ in Rochester, NY from 3:00 PM to 7:30 PM EST where the Savage Impressions book will be available for viewing and sale. In addition, a special exhibition of Independent Project Records & Press will be featured in the P22 Vault Gallery. Attendees of this event will be able to view Bruce Licher's actual letterpress printed works in our Vault Gallery, as well as receive a letterpress keepsake. There will be a pop-up shop where you can purchase the Savage Impressions book, accompanying vinyl LP, and there will be some exclusive surprises for sale (for attendees only, while supplies last).

On the same day, on the opposite coast, in Culver City, CA at Arcana: Books on the Arts, there will be a book signing, exhibition, and musical performance with Bruce Licher and Karen Nielsen Licher of Independent Project Records & Press from 4:00 to 6:00 PM PST.

All of the pre-orders (and recent orders) are in the mail, So if you don't have it already it's on it's way. If you didn't order one in advance, there are still some of the Regular Edition for sale. Get yours before it's gone!

P22 Stamp Booklet

Special Unissued 25th Anniversary Commemorative Stamp Set

Studio artist James Grieshaber decided to make a commemorative stamp sheet that celebrated the various locations where P22 did business over the years. P22 just happened to have a stock of their logo cast in lead. The rest of the artwork was created from metal type, ornaments, and found cuts from the collection at the Wells College Book Arts Center. Linoleum blocks were then cut to create clouds over the buildings to tie them all together. 

The 3-color dry-gum stamp sheets were are finished on a Rosback perforator to give it that classic stamp look and feel. The sheet is staple stitched into a 7.25" x 5.5" cover, printed silver on black French paper. And it all comes is a protective Glassine sleeve-as stamps should. The are a limited supply, so get them while they last.

Metal Type Goudy Cloister Initials

Available in a Very Limited Supply

Goudy Cloister Initials are being made available for a very limited offering as sets of 60-point and 72-point metal type, each containing the letters A-Z plus 2 tint blocks. Cloister Initials were originally designed by Frederic Goudy and released through American Type Founders in 1917 in sizes from 36-144 point. These decorative initials are reminiscent of the floriated capitals seen in ancient manuscripts and early printing that sought to imitate manuscripts.

This type is cast by Gregory Walters in Piqua, Ohio on proprietary equipment previously owned by American Type Founders. Mr. Walters owns some of the only machines capable of casting matrices this size. The type metal he uses is reclaimed hard foundry metal with tin, lead, antimony, and copper alloy.

Included with your order of the physical type is a digital font called LTC Goudy Initials. This digital font contains all the metal initials found in this metal type set to help you compose your work on screen before heading to press.

See a detailed description and photos of how Gregory Walters cast the 120-point Cloister Initials (this size no longer available).

We also have a specimen poster printed from the 120-point Cloister Initials available in our shop.

Bixler Ornaments Handypacks

Metal Type Plus Companion Digital Font

Lately at P22 Type Foundry we have been increasing our forays into the physical type and print worlds, alongside our vast catalog of digital type offerings. Based on the enthusiastic response we received from the Goudy Cloister Initials, we now present our first assortment of Bixler metal type ornaments! 

The Letterfoundry of Michael & Winifred Bixler in Skaneatles, NY has been devoted to the book arts, particularly the craft of fine letterpress printing and traditional book typography, since 1965. The Bixlers are known for their quality and ongoing preservation of the craft of typecasting.

We are pleased to announce the introduction of Bixler Type Handypacks. This partnership between P22 and the Bixlers presents metal and digital type side by side for use on presses and computers. Each handypack is 18-point, contains 54 pieces, as well as a digital companion font which includes all the ornaments designs seen in handypacks #1-6, for only $24.95.

The stand-alone digital ornament font is also available for those who don''t need the metal type. Get it while it is on sale until September 1, 2020 for 50% off.

P22 Goudy Aries Font Free

With Purchase of Aries Press History and Bibliography

The P22 Goudy Aries font was digitized by Richard Kegler in 2004 from a rare 1927 book published by the Aries Press. In traveling down the rabbit hole of the backstory of this font designed by Frederic Goudy, Kegler ended up writing the only book about Aries Press: The Aries Press of Eden, N.Y., published by RIT Press in 2018. In addition to the RIT Press edition, a special deluxe edition was hand-bound with extra letterpress-printed pages.

P22 has secured fresh copies of the regular edition of The Aries Press of Eden, N.Y. and now you can get the P22 Goudy Aries font for free with the purchase of either the newly discounted regular edition or the very limited deluxe edition.

The P22 Goudy Aries font is Goudy's homage to the earliest Roman typefaces. For the full summary of this unusual type and the Aries book, see our newest Behance page.

All Fonts in the IHOF Collection 50% Off

The P22 sub-foundry: International House of Fonts was formulated in the early days of P22 as an "online-only" type boutique. This was because at the time all P22 fonts were all packaged with floppy disks, and later CD-ROMs. These days, all P22 fonts are available for download and it is hard to say why one font is P22 and one is IHOF. 

In the spirit of celebrating the last 20 years of IHOF, we are offering 50% off all IHOF fonts. Now is your chance to stock up on those unique P22/IHOF fonts from designers from around the globe. 

This offer is good until September 1, 2020.

Introducing the P22 R'blox Cube

Fun For Puzzlers and Typographic Aficionados Alike

Despite a passing resemblance to another puzzle cube, the R'blox Cube presents multiple solutions, by letting you create every letter in the Latin, Greek, and basic Cyrillic alphabets. This glyph-creation puzzle uses the curves and lines of the P22 Blox modular letterpress-printing system as it basis. Ideal for any geometric or puzzle minded person to experiment with the myriad combinations achievable of not only alphabetic shapes, but to discover the happy accidents that happen on the other five sides.

Handsomely presented in a familiar toy design, this limited-edition offering comes with basic instructions that make it an enjoyable distraction for anyone. Equally pragmatic as a puzzler gift for creative thinkers and typographic aficionados or a means to experiment with the P22 Blox combinations. The R'blox Cube is available exclusively through P22 Type Foundry at the special introductory price of $9.95 (Regular $14.95) while supplies last.

P22 Type Foundry is pleased to present Tuscaloosa

A new font release from Ted Staunton

P22 Tuscaloosa is a hybrid script that includes Tuscan (bifurcated) serif treatments. The design of Tuscaloosa began as a set of organically-formed initials, the Tuscan serifs being reminiscent of shoots and leaves bursting forth. Tuscaloosa also derives inspiration from the late Victorian era, when the development of newspaper and poster advertising led to extremes of weight in the main strokes. The font is intended to convey an aura of excitement and fun that characterized those times!

The name ''Tuscaloosa'' was chosen because of the appropriate combination of ''Tuscan'' and ''looseness,'' and because of its essentially American character.

As a special introductory offer, you can get the new P22 Tuscaloosa font for 50% off the retail price of $29.95. Offer good until April 30, 2020.

The P22 Club is Back for 2021
And Better Than Ever!

With our continuing commitment to the quality of P22, comes a fresh focus on the P22 Club in 2021. We are making the P22 club fun again. The Club, now in its 19th year, is an excellent value and a great way to save money on fonts and other fine things contained on the P22 website. As part of your membership you will also be the first to receive printed goodies, and only Club members will receive other unearthed typographic treasures from the P22 Vaults. The 2021 club membership remains only $99.95 and offers these great benefits:

. First and foremost you will automatically get a 20% discount throughout the year for all purchases made on the P22 website, including fonts from any of the P22 collections, as well as exclusive P22 merchandise.

. The above discount is in addition to any special offers we advertise for double-dip savings!

. A whopping $80 credit towards any future purchases in the next year.

. The P22 Club is valid for a full 12 months from the date of purchase.

. Letterpress printed 2021 membership certificate/card suitable for cherishing, sent upon receipt of dues.

. Random mailings of printed materials produced throughout the year, or rediscovered P22 ephemera. What could be more fun than random typographic mail?

. A special Members Only exclusive gift!

What more could you ask for? The membership pays for itself in discounts and credits, AND you get free stuff to boot. Join Now!

We Have a Few P22 Holiday Specimen Packs Left

Get Yours Now, No Restrictions

We have 11 of these left in stock and we'd like you to have them. All restrictions are off, order a second one for yourself, or as many as you want, but when these 11 are gone that is it! Remember this year's pack is over $200 retail value for Only 39.95.

Many of the items in this years pack are exclusive to the pack and/or won't be offered in next years pack due to their limited availability, such as: Thinking in Script letterpress printed book, P22 Stamp Sheet, P22 Dollars, P22 Savage Impressions dry-gum stamps, Festina Lente book arts journal, Linotype matrix key ring to name a few. And the pack still comes with a complimentary copy of the Indie Font 2 Book, whether you like it or not.

Supplies are limited to 11. Get yours now!

Happy Holidays from P22 Type Foundry
Free Rental of Making Faces Film

If you are getting this email, then you are either a P22 customer, or someone who has signed up for our newsletter. we appreciate this. As a token of our appreciation we hope you will accept this humble gift: a free rental of our Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century film. This film offers a glimpse into the creative process-and joie de vivre in the act of 'making'-from the late Jim Rimmer. No obligation nor purchase necessary-just use code: MakingFree at the P22 Vimeo On Demand Page. This our new "polyglot" version which features subtitles in 11 languages: English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, and Spanish.

Feel free to share this link with students and others you feel may be interested.

-With best wishes, from P22 Type Foundry.

P.S. If you wish to have your own digital copy, use the code: P22polyglot to get 50% off purchase at Vimeo on Demand. Offer expires 12/31/2020.