[4254] in APO Printshop
Re: Letterpress printing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mitchell E Berger)
Fri May 18 16:55:40 2007
To: apo-printshop-journeyman@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 18 May 2007 16:00:47 EDT."
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Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 16:50:52 -0400
From: Mitchell E Berger <mitchb@MIT.EDU>
Several of us (me, jtu, kbyers, riv, spang, maybe one or two others) briefly
discussed this on -c apo earlier. We're basically of the opinion that letting
someone unaffiliated use the press rather than giving us a job doesn't really
benefit the chapter, especially since our rules would require that we babysit
them while they're using it.
So, I'm inclined to turn him down politely, and offer that he could give
us the job and/or take a tour if he wants.
Do any of you see some reason we might want to make an exception for him
that would be beneficial to AX?
I'd like to reply sometime this weekend, and would appreciate feedback from
one or two of you either way before I do that.
Thanks,
Mitch
> Hi -- I'm writing to ask about APO's printing services. Do you indeed have
> a letterpress there, as someone suggested you might? And foundry type? If
> so, would it be possible for someone like me to use the press for a
> project? Of course I would expect to provide my own ink and paper, and of
> course to clean up and put away the type afterwards.
>
> I am joining the MIT faculty this summer as an assistant professor of
> digital media. I have a bit of experience composing, typesetting, and
> printing at the University of Pennsylvania's Common Press.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Nick Montfort <mail> nickm@nickm.com <web> http://nickm.com
