If you follow A Pair of Pears on Facebook, you know that last week we were the winning bid for a wood font on ebay! The font is called French Clarendon; we really love it. Yesterday it came in the mail! It’s old, a little worn, and has that great wood smell to it; all the things that make it perfect. It is a complete set with multiples of each letter, number, and punctuation, which is pretty hard to come by for wood type. Each letter is about two inches tall. We can’t wait to work with it.
We also got a few other new letterpress items at the L.A. Printers Fair we went to last Saturday. There were a ton of printers there selling everything from equipment to mismatched ornaments. Jake and I sorted through the tables of treasure and ended up finding a few things we wanted. We got a decorative border, a bunch of ornaments, a big arrow, and 2 type drawers. It made for a fun Saturday.
