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“Baybayin” wood type revived after a Chinese xylography from 1593

Article written by Delia, 416 words, 2 minutes to read In the summer of 2025 we met Sarah Kemle from @slikcreative.studio located in Munich, Germany through the Dutch printer Thomas Gravemaker @thomasgravemaker for a collaboration on the wood type production of the BayBayin typeface. In the first phase, we sent Sarah some wood type samples […]

๐Ÿ‘‰ Scala Manicule Wood Type – Martin Majoor

๐Ÿ‘‰ DescriptionThe symbol “Manicule” is a typographic mark – the etymology of the word comes from the Latin language: “manicula”, which means “small hand” or fist. It is also called: printer’s fist, bishop’s fist, digit, mutton-fist, hand, hand director, pointer and pointing hand. ๐Ÿ‘‰ History The Manicule symbol has been found in manuscripts, around Europe […]

Questa Grande Project – Martin Majoor

This summer Petrescu Press was contacted by Mr. Thomas Gravemaker who leads Letterpress Amsterdam for a wood type project. It involved the bringing together of typeface designers, the wood type maker and letterpress printer for a first time in modern times. The font is Questa Grande, from the Questa typeface superfamily, these are some of […]