| Address |
Jaccobus van Waertstraat 53, 1551CJ, , CJ Westzaan, the Netherlands |
| Telephone |
+31756285753 mob: +31643059280 |
| Website |
www.lettergieten.nl |
| Admission/Fee |
Free donation |
| Opening Hours |
Thursdays and open days announced on website |
| At the end of the activities of the Monotype company in the Netherlands in 1983 volonteers gathered the existing collection of display matrices, several monotype casters and supply parts with the aim preserving and demonstrating the historical technology and a modest production capacity, mainly for bookbinders an letterpress artists. The collection later got expanded with printing equipment. These days volunteers, trained by the former specialists, are still fulfilling the original aims and even have succeeded in creating new sets of matrices and are also able to cast 19th century Chinese types in an ongoing project of more than 5000 types, a collaboration project with the Hong Kong Open Printshop. An ongoing project is a growing set of Type Specimen Leaves with various texts and designs for the supporters of the foundation. |
