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PENRITH
MUSEUM of
PRINTING
Established 2001









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Some
printing terms to recall:
galley, key, stone, bed, en, signature, stock, dog,
mid, magenta, dis, quarto, em, rule, stick, chapel, matrix,
stereo, slug, proof press, scoring, ream, spine, cast,
hickey, bone, sett off, back knife, ragged, recto, point,
Royal, ejector, quoin, wf reader spread, quadder,
calliper, line gauge, die, super caster, disser, em,
cutting rule, diecase, thin, mounting block, card, nut, mark
up, stet, leader, full point, punchbar, half tone, folios,
logotype,
PIca Pole
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This site designed
and administered by
Stique
Last Update:
27 June, 2009
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Welcome
to the Penrith Museum of Printing.
The Museum's programs are back in action with tours
booked, type setting classes continuing and others in the pipeline.
The members of the Museum are proud to be taking part
in the Museums and Galleries NSW "Standards Program". This
important program is designed to assist and help museums with their
operations and continued development within a supportive framework. We
look forward to working with M&G NSW staff during 2009.
Typography Courses.
Our typography (type-setting) courses are continuing to develop
and grow and we look forward to offering our "Typography 1
and 2" courses to even more people during the year.
These courses and others we are developing are
designed to give participants
the opportunity to go back in time and learn how printing
was done prior to the advent of photographic and computer based
technologies. See our "What's New" page for
the upcoming Typography course dates for 2009.
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UNSW College of Fine Arts "Apprentice Compositors" - Christine,
Emily and Katherine - "At one with the letters" at the
Typography 1 course.
See our "What's New" page for
more details and photos >
go there.
Class numbers are limited;
All instruction given by Tradesmen;
Work at your own pace. |
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If being involved in one of our Typography programmes is something that you
think would be of interest to you, then please contact us for more
details.
Museum Opening Times:
The
museum is open to the public each Saturday for general viewing
and demonstrations, between the hours of 10.00am and 2.00pm
and on other days by
appointment only.
Please note that the Museum is closed on all
public holiday weekends.
See our "Group Tours" page
if you would like to book a tour for your group.
The museum provides a much needed venue for this important collection of historic printing machinery and
equipment that has seen service in a number of Australian
print-shops for more than a century.
We
hope you enjoy visiting our website and that you will take the time to
come and visit
the museum and view some of Australia's
printing heritage
in action.
Alan Connell
(Founder)
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