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The design process began by experimenting with
an "offsetting" technique that was discovered
by accident. Using an existing Hamilton wood font,
the design team at Blinc Publishing inked and
took an impression of a complete alphabet.
(Includes Photos)
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May 29, 1999 - With perfect weather, a crowd
of over 300 gathered to hear the Washington High
School Band play patriotic music. At 4 PM Wisconsin
Governor Tommy Thompson arrived to speak and cut
the ribbon, officially opening the first wood
type museum in America. J. Michael Brown, President
of Fisher Hamilton presented the Governor with
a desk name display made out of wood type.
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The Two Rivers Historical Society will open a
new museum on May 28th, in an adaptive reuse of
a 25,000 square foot section of a 1926 Hamilton
factory: "The Hamilton Wood Type And Printing
Museum."
The museum makes available a massive collection
of 19th and 20th century wood type and printing
technology. The exhibits also include machines
that produced early hot metal type, hand operated
printing presses, artisans essential tools, and
rare type specimen catalogs that are more than
one hundred years old.
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