Day 28

Up the ladder

Fresh crop of fives– which to use? There is a clear winner.

WHAT I DID

• Typeset first color of Tootsie's poster for proofing
• Pulled a proof of Tootsie's poster
• Climbed the ladder a lot in search of the perfect oversized '5'

Incurred minor injury while digging through box of sharp things– luckily,  Hatch has this handy

WHAT I LEARNED

• Often, we flip pieces of type over to print solid rectangles. Tips for this:
• Try to pick characters in which all corners make contact (for example, an 'E' would make contact, but an 'F' wouldn't, so it would print unevenly
• Select pieces of type that have a surface that will print well (blocks with a shinier surface, or ones that have been printed on the back before)

Proofing the 45 block