We have our own type foundry at Letterpress Works, comprising a Monotype Super Caster and Monotype Composition Caster.
Both machines date from the 1970s, originally employed at the book printers Staples of Rochester, Kent.
We have named it The Hell-Box Letter Foundry. To printers of old the ‘hell-box’ was where all the broken and worn out type was thrown, ready to be smelted down into ingots and re-born into perfect new type. Describes what we do exactly!
Recently we have been asked to cast founts of type ‘to order’ and have begun to cast borders (from our extensive matrix holding) for retail sale.
To view our matrix Holdings click the links below:
To purchase our currently cast letterpress borders
click Border Sales