Your Favourite Typo Competition

We've been congratulated on our correct spelling of fuchsia. Good to get the spelling right! We've had some beauties over the years; a regular is "Singing of the Register". We always check - the Bride may be a fine soprano! What's been your favourite typo? We'll choose our favourite entry and the winner can have 100 business cards in one colour on a heavy weight board. Entries to hellbox@glasgowpress.com

Fuchsia, Foil & Ink

 The Edinburgh Montessori Arts School "supports and encourages discovery, problem solving and creativity, developing children’s self esteem and confidence through freely chosen, enjoyable pursuits. Each child’s abilities are refined and their powers of expression enriched."

The school's logo evokes the positive ethos of Montessori education whilst conveying its imaginative approach and enthusiasm for life.

 We were pleased to print a business card for the school, designed by Janey Boyd at Mamook Graphic Design.

The stock is Colorplan from GF Smith, a duplex of Fuchsia and Bright White at 540gsm.

On the white side, we letterpress printed two colours of ink, one of which we matched to the Fuchsia board. The swirly sun logo and the aphorism, "inspiring young minds" are blind debossed.

We foiled the school logo on the fuchsia side in a clear gloss. Bright, vibrant and stimulating!

Editions Financial

We were pleased to produce very fine business cards for Editions Financial.
Art Director, Oisin O'Malley has kindly written the following design rationale.
"After 15 years in business, Editions Financial wanted to emphasise their financial credentials as a content agency. The creative challenge was to design a logo which combines financial specialism and insight while also being approachable.
So we came up with a solution which marries both sides of the brain using a handwritten font for 'Editions' which emphasises our bespoke aspect to creative solutions.
We combined that with a substantial sans serif for 'Financial' to instill confidence and trust.
With regard to colour, we wanted to create cut-through but restrained enough for our client base.
And finally, we wanted our business cards to speak volumes about our creativity and attention to detail, so we chose letterpress with duplexing."

The business card stock is Colorplan 540gsm; a duplex of Tabriz Blue & Pristine White. We applied white foil to the blue side and letterpress printed black ink and an ink mix to match the tabriz blue on the white side.

Hampstead Village Tutors

Hampstead Village Tutors offer private tuition which provides a student with the time and the support they need to learn effectively.
The high quality of their business card reflects the importance of this service.
The text; contact details, very effective logo and a fitting statement by Emerson, are letterpress printed on a pale grey board, duplexed to 540gsm weight.

Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art

We were delighted to be involved in the festival in a very small way. After weeks of planning and preparation, our neighbours at Govan Beacon staged an amazing event at Riverside.
We produced a small ferry token which could be used to cross the river and kept as a memento of the day.

We letterpress printed black ink on Dutch greyboard and drilled a hole through. The artists then embellished the tag with detritus from the River Clyde and added a strand of brightly coloured string.
The sun shone and everyone seemed to have a great time. Here are some pictures of the events.

Printers' Pie; part 2: Tie Up & In the Galley

Last Autumn, a neighbour gifted us a few buckets of printers' pie which had been abandoned in a store room. Dan Sr. of Glasgow Press, a time served hand compositor, set about the task. He has been very industrious over the winter months - even foregoing his Christmas jigsaws in favour of sorting type of lead and wood.

The sorting is ongoing and these pictures show a font being tied up before being stored in a galley. When all the buckets of pie have been sorted, Dan Sr. will distribute each font into a case.
In a caseroom, jobs which were likely to be repeated would be stored in the galleys in this way. The tying is a delicate task, which takes a steady hand and a fair bit of practice..

C & D Wedding Stationery

This is an exceptionally nice wedding stationery collection, designed by Groom, Derek MacLeod, who kindly supplied photographs for our feature.
The stock is Colorplan 540gsm; a duplex of ebony and pristine white.
On the reverse, we applied a matt white foil and the pristine white face is letterpress printed in black ink.
We are happy to supply finishing, or pass the printed sheets back to our customers if they want to add their own embellishments. In this case, the couple collated their Order of Service sheets together and fastened with a smart black & white tie.