On Valentine’s Day we held two events. In the morning, prospective Ph.D. students in the English and History Departments came by to print a Pablo Neruda poem set by our press…
We had a lovely Basant Panchami event this past Friday — Isha Banerjee, our press assistant, did an amazing job organizing and decorating the press and Barrs Room for the activities….
One of our strategic goals for the past year or two has been to work on expanding support for languages other than English. Mostly, we’ve been investing in newly-cast fonts that…
Hi everyone! We’ve so busy at the press that we haven’t been good about posting event information to the blog. Our next event celebrates Basant Panchami and the coming of Spring….
Another year, another Halloween event at the press — this time we 3D printed decorations and made the press look pretty spooky. Our composition was curated and composed by our press…
Olivia Olson-Roberts, CAMD ’25 recently came to Huskiana to print part of a zine called “Eat Your Heart Out.” CAMD wrote up a nice piece about the project, including her collaboration…
In addition to letterpress printing, we offer instruction and workshops in other textual technologies, such as the use of dip pens. Lately, we’ve gotten several requests for a typewriter. After gauging…
Huskiana will be holding a Halloween Pop-Up Event on 10/31, between 11am and 1pm, in 489 Holmes on Northeastern’s campus. Come by and print a lovely souvenir — we have a…
On September 16, 2022, Professors Linker and Campos welcomed students, staff, and faculty into Huskiana to celebrate its reopening. Huskiana’s co-directors have been busy getting the press in order to welcome…
Hi all! We’ve been pretty quiet, blog-wise, lately, but very busy at the press, even in pandemic mode. We’ve had a lot of individual visitors come by to try composing and…
Huskiana Press was founded in 2019 by Professor Ryan Cordell, who provided Northeastern with a wonderful letterpress suite to support creative and scholarly projects. Ryan recently took a position at the University…
Jack Nolan and Minotaur I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with rising senior Jack Nolan (he/him) to discuss his handmade booklet entitled Minotaur. We discussed the difficulties and surprises he encountered…
TinkerCAD is an intuitively designed and effective means of making a 3D print from a 2D image, and thus ideal for creating letterpress blocks. With that said, there is still a…
Isabella Viega and Rabbit Soup / Forest Elegies This article will be the first in a series showcasing the amazing work that has been created using the Huskiana Printing Press in its…
In Spring of 2020, I joined the team of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students in the Letterpress Goes 3D project. This multi-faceted project set out with the goal of recreating historical…
Introduction In order to share the activity of the Letterpress Goes 3D, or LG3D, we first must share the definition and potential of “letterpress.” Letterpress was the dominant printing technology from…
This tutorial will show you how to convert a digital image into a vector image that can then be laser cut to create a wooden letterpress block for printing. Essentially, this…
In this post, we’ll be going over how you can create wooden letterpress blocks of a digital font of your choosing. Each block will correspond to an individual letter which can…
When: Thursday, February 13th, 2020, 2:30-4:30 Where: Huskiana Letterpress Studio, Holmes Hall 489 What: Print & design your own Valentine’s Day Card Recently Huskiana student researcher Violet Lingenfelter created a fantastic…
On Valentine’s Day we held two events. In the morning, prospective Ph.D. students in the English and History Departments came by to print a Pablo Neruda poem set by our press…
We had a lovely Basant Panchami event this past Friday — Isha Banerjee, our press assistant, did an amazing job organizing and decorating the press and Barrs Room for the activities….
One of our strategic goals for the past year or two has been to work on expanding support for languages other than English. Mostly, we’ve been investing in newly-cast fonts that…
Hi everyone! We’ve so busy at the press that we haven’t been good about posting event information to the blog. Our next event celebrates Basant Panchami and the coming of Spring….
Another year, another Halloween event at the press — this time we 3D printed decorations and made the press look pretty spooky. Our composition was curated and composed by our press…
Olivia Olson-Roberts, CAMD ’25 recently came to Huskiana to print part of a zine called “Eat Your Heart Out.” CAMD wrote up a nice piece about the project, including her collaboration…
In addition to letterpress printing, we offer instruction and workshops in other textual technologies, such as the use of dip pens. Lately, we’ve gotten several requests for a typewriter. After gauging…
Huskiana will be holding a Halloween Pop-Up Event on 10/31, between 11am and 1pm, in 489 Holmes on Northeastern’s campus. Come by and print a lovely souvenir — we have a…
On September 16, 2022, Professors Linker and Campos welcomed students, staff, and faculty into Huskiana to celebrate its reopening. Huskiana’s co-directors have been busy getting the press in order to welcome…
Hi all! We’ve been pretty quiet, blog-wise, lately, but very busy at the press, even in pandemic mode. We’ve had a lot of individual visitors come by to try composing and…
Huskiana Press was founded in 2019 by Professor Ryan Cordell, who provided Northeastern with a wonderful letterpress suite to support creative and scholarly projects. Ryan recently took a position at the University…
Jack Nolan and Minotaur I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with rising senior Jack Nolan (he/him) to discuss his handmade booklet entitled Minotaur. We discussed the difficulties and surprises he encountered…
TinkerCAD is an intuitively designed and effective means of making a 3D print from a 2D image, and thus ideal for creating letterpress blocks. With that said, there is still a…
Isabella Viega and Rabbit Soup / Forest Elegies This article will be the first in a series showcasing the amazing work that has been created using the Huskiana Printing Press in its…
In Spring of 2020, I joined the team of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students in the Letterpress Goes 3D project. This multi-faceted project set out with the goal of recreating historical…
Introduction In order to share the activity of the Letterpress Goes 3D, or LG3D, we first must share the definition and potential of “letterpress.” Letterpress was the dominant printing technology from…
This tutorial will show you how to convert a digital image into a vector image that can then be laser cut to create a wooden letterpress block for printing. Essentially, this…
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In this post, we’ll be going over how you can create wooden letterpress blocks of a digital font of your choosing. Each block will correspond to an individual letter which can…
When: Thursday, February 13th, 2020, 2:30-4:30 Where: Huskiana Letterpress Studio, Holmes Hall 489 What: Print & design your own Valentine’s Day Card Recently Huskiana student researcher Violet Lingenfelter created a fantastic…