Description

Charles Rennie Mackintosh wood type is a project developed by Petrescu Press, in which the letters of Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh are reconstructed and redesigned as wood type, after his original architecture plans from 1900 – 1910.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), Scottish architect and designer, a promoter of the artistic movement Arts and Crafts, revives traditional methods using romantic, geometric and simple shapes in his work.

If you would like to know more about this project, please visit our blog entry.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Letterpress Mackintosh typeface wood type printing blocks.

SIZE/DIMENSION/WEIGHT
Relief depth of 1.8 mm and total block depth is standard size of 0.918″ (Anglo – American type height). Please leave a message upon purchase, if you want different type height (German, Dutch, Danish, Italian, etc)

MATERIALS UTILIZED
French polished, end-grain beech wood.

PRODUCTION METHOD
New, uninked, unused printing blocks cut from dry, treated beech wood on a cnc milling machine.

CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS
Additional characters or other custom typeface, ornaments, borders,  pattern, etc, of different sizes or depths may be machined upon special order.

PAYMENTS METHOD
Paypal

SHIPPING
The shipping consist of regular economy postal service delivery and it is (at least) somewhere between 5 to 10 days for E.U. and 10-14 days for the United States.

Manufacture time for this item is between 3-4 weeks.

Please contact us for further details or custom orders!