⬆ Letterpress type | Homewood | metal type | Homewood is a recutting by Baltimore type of Metropolis Lined, a German face of the 1930s. It was made from a large size of Metropolis Bold, with delicate white lines cut in, and differs from the original in minor details of the curves.
⬇ Letterpress thing [below left] | lock-up > the combining of appropriate letterpress printing elements into a single unit) and the printed results (right)
⬇ Letterpress thing [below right] | broadside > a large sheet of paper printed on one side only, in this case, 15” x 22”

⬆ This broadside was published as a keepsake for a wayzgoose (definition | at one time an entertainment given by a master printer to his staff each year on or about St. Bartholomew’s Day, August 24). This 2022 wayzgoose was held by the Chesapeake Chapter of the American Printing History Association, which is used for its annual business & general group meeting each November.

⬇ Border | (metal type) unknown name

BUiLDiNG CHARACTER / Heritage Press Museum

346 North Queen Street
Lancaster, PA 17603 | map
404.555.1212

The .918 Club offers letterpress printing demos and studio tours

Thursday – Saturday | 12 – 4pm
Sunday | 12 – 3pm
first & third Fridays | 5 – 9pm

Step back to a recreated printing office from the 1920s and see demonstrations of working letterpress printing. We have hands-on demonstrations for all ages where you can print your own letterpress souvenirs to take with you. You can learn about the history of printing and see our collection of printing items.

Through our regularly scheduled demonstrations at the Heritage Press Museum, our 501 C 3 organization offers to educate the public about the history of printing while providing a working letterpress job shop to fulfill specialty printing needs for the community and the creative output of our membership.

Our museum is free, but we appreciate donations or purchases of items printed at the museum.

Contact us for group tours, a great activity for home school and other education groups.

Affiliate presses & organizations

Typothecary Letterpress, Lancaster, PA
Conestoga Press, Ephrata, PA
Lead Graffiti, Newark, DE
Museum of Printing, Haverhill, MA
The H&H Group, a full-service printing & sign shop