The third day of the conference took place primarily at the Press & Letterfoundry of Michael and Winifred Bixler in Skaneateles, returning to the hotel in Auburn for the closing banquet in the evening. The morning started with Mike and…
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The 2016 ATF Conference, Day 2
The second day of the conference was spent at Wells College, in Aurora, on the East shore of Cayuga Lake. We started off with a hearty breakfast at the dining hall. It was another dreadfully hot day, and many of…
The 2016 ATF Conference, Day 1
The ATF conference started on Thursday, August 11th, with a flex day giving attendees several options: A visit to the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology A visit to Virgin Wood Type, also in Rochester Two technical…
The 2016 ATF Conference
Last August I attended the 2016 American Typecasting Fellowship (ATF) conference held in the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York along with about 50 other people, primarily from North America, but a few from further abroad. Here’s a photo…
Back from the ATF conference
The American Typecasting Fellowship conference was held this year in and around Salem NH from August 13th to the 17th, and I think it would be safe to say that a good time was had by all attending. The conference…
Springs have sprung
Last year at the American Typecasting Fellowshsip Conference Jason Dewinetz mentioned that he had a Ludlow Supersurfacer with a broken clamp spring. The Supersurfacer is used to smooth off the surface of slugs cast on a Ludlow, which is essentially…
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