PRINTERS FAIR / PACKING

The LETTERPRESS PRINTERS FAIR opened it's doors last Saturday. Lots of local vendors, type nerds, cool prints, typesetters, block prints, and smiles. Purchases by Jared and Nate (above left) gave a good handful walking out of the place, those are lead typesets. Heavy.

I met this guy working at the CC STERN TYPE FOUNDRY who gave me a quick download about his foundry that's coming soon to the Portland area. Heavy metal you can hang your hat on is right, the guy has 20 tons of AB + C's. I put my email on his list immediately. Check them packing all the goodness up for the move on their site.

Its amazing all those folks come out and celebrate their own creative printing talents, knowledge, and what makes them tick. Shit, most of the people in that venue print to survive. I did that more than once myself, tough competitive work.

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Packing up for summer vacation. Basically I'm stuffing my supplies into the smallest bag I can find, and of course trying to minimizing my items. Airlines are tightening up financially, makes me wish I was driving, all that leg room and fresh air. Instead it's a cramp economy middle seat red eye to Boston. I always have a few beers on the red eye to calm the flying nerves, but it always turns into me feeling like a complete tired ass when I arrive. Going to try to sleep, but I say that every time.

BOSTON for a quick visit then to CAPE COD.

Downing a few books:

The Road - Cormac McCarthy (Before the film comes out)
The Art of Dramatic Writing - Lajos Egri (so I can one day write films)

Take care.