Happy Type High Day! Today, September 18th, celebrates the height of type (although it could vary in different countries) in letterpress printing. All of the metal type, wood type, woodcuts, electrotypes, and halftones that we use in letterpress printing in our print shop exhibit, from the very smallest to the largest, measures exactly .918 inches in height (or at least it should). For today, Jared letterpress prints the number for type high, which is .918, using 12 line pica sized wood type in the Latin typeface. This type was made over 125 years ago by the Hamilton Wood Type Company. This was printed with Pantone PMS 7533c rubber base ink using our Washington hand press, which was made in 1852 by the Charles Foster & Brother Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. #TypeHighDay #typehigh #typography #powerofthepress #SacHistoryMuseum #sacramento #museum #history #letterpress #printingpress #printing #printmaking #oldsacramento