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On this page you will find links to other sites of interest to printing enthusiasts.
Briar Press Have an on-line letterpress museum with pictures of numerous presses, cuts and caps to download, free ads, an exhibition and much more.
Just Books have a range of second-hand Linotype instruction manuals, etc. for sale. Just type Linotype into the title search box.
Lines & Splines A weblog frequently updated by a student of typography. Contains many links to some obscure, mainly font related, sites.
Printed 4U Design your own greetings cards on-line, have them printed and sent to you. Also good Asteroids game.
My Fonts An excellent resource for anyone seriously into DTP. The world's largest collection of fonts on one website, plus some superb on-line utilities.
Excerpts from Tramp Printers A fascinating insight into the world of the American tramp printer and the International Typographical Union, from the now out-of-print book by John Howell and Marion Dearman.
British Printing Society The Society was founded in 1944 and membership is open to anyone interested in printing. Members are encouraged to publish their own leaflets and pamphlets, which are distributed to other members.
Linotype & Linotipisti Excellent Italian site with some very good illustrations and photographs. There are instructions on how to translate it into English on the opening page.
Linotype.org This site is devoted to the preservation and dissemination of knowledge about the maintenance and operation of Linotype machines. Has interesting list of model descriptions and more.
Incline Press Handmade books for the reader who collects and the collector who reads. No Linotypes but some excellent looking letterpress printing.
Snowdragon Press A site dedicated to restoring presses and preserving typefaces. Well worth a visit for the Printer's Anatomy cartoon which you can get to from the Type Page.
Linotype Library Very slick site from Linotype themselves featuring all the latest (digital) font news. Also has good links page.
Hotmetal Home Page This site has a very good hotmetal and letterpress equipment available and wanted section, links to other sites, etc. But the one thing you will notice is that the site is typograhically superb, it makes me wish I'd paid attention during those HTML lessons at school!
American Amateur Press Association The American Amateur Press Association is a non-profit making organisation founded in 1936. The Resources for Letterpress Printers section of their site is superb, providing links to dozens of other sites, as well as equipment suppliers, typefounders and publications both on-line and traditional.
Gohotmetal Gohotmetal is a new site dedicated to preserving and sharing information about hot metal typesetting equipment. The site currently covers the Linotype, Intertype and Ludlow machines. Parts of the site are currently under construction, but well worth a look.
Woodside Press Woodside Press are a traditional letterpress printing company based at the historic Brooklyn Naval Dockyard, New York. Their website features an overview (with illustrations) of the workings of a Linotype machine. It also features an illustrated overview of the Ludlow and Monotype machines.
Don Black Linecasting Don Black Linecasting are specialists in letterpress, hot metal and bindery equipment. Don Black seems to be a bit of a nostalgia freak, his website is full of pictures of historic printing and typesetting equipment.
The Corbis Collection The Corbis Collection claims to be the biggest collection of images on the internet. On their home page click Shopping then enter Linotype (with a capital L) in the search box to view some excellent Linotype pictures that are available for purchase
If you have any suggestions for sites that could appear on this page, please leave details on the Linotype Forum or send me an an E-mail.