Comments on: Letterpress from Heart Fish http://beyondwordsblog.com/2009/05/27/letterpress-from-heart-fish/ Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:31:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Lindsey LaTour http://beyondwordsblog.com/2009/05/27/letterpress-from-heart-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-2678 Lindsey LaTour Fri, 29 May 2009 17:21:50 +0000 http://beyondwordsblog.com/?p=481#comment-2678 I am now officially on the hunt for a type drawer! Thank you! I love the idea of personalizing gifts. I spent some yesterday time digging through the piles picking out just the right letters for a few people I have in mind. And I never knew that about "upper case" and "lower case." How interesting! I am now officially on the hunt for a type drawer! Thank you! I love the idea of personalizing gifts. I spent some yesterday time digging through the piles picking out just the right letters for a few people I have in mind.

And I never knew that about “upper case” and “lower case.” How interesting!

]]> By: Sue Webb http://beyondwordsblog.com/2009/05/27/letterpress-from-heart-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-2677 Sue Webb Fri, 29 May 2009 12:35:12 +0000 http://beyondwordsblog.com/?p=481#comment-2677 Hand-set type can be displayed beautifully in a type drawer. I've seen the drawers go for $20-50 at antique stores, filled with type, and displayed on walls, no two are alike! I've also been known to give unique gifts --- spelling out the name of individuals who I was gifting with the old type. These gifts have been quite well-received. Lastly, and almost unrelated, the reason we call our capital letters "upper case" is because, back when typesetters and printers used this hand-set type, the capital letters were in the drawer above the little letters -- or in the upper case. The little letters, the lower drawer, the lower case. Now I'm sidetracking. Hand-set type can be displayed beautifully in a type drawer. I’ve seen the drawers go for $20-50 at antique stores, filled with type, and displayed on walls, no two are alike!

I’ve also been known to give unique gifts — spelling out the name of individuals who I was gifting with the old type. These gifts have been quite well-received.

Lastly, and almost unrelated, the reason we call our capital letters “upper case” is because, back when typesetters and printers used this hand-set type, the capital letters were in the drawer above the little letters — or in the upper case. The little letters, the lower drawer, the lower case. Now I’m sidetracking.

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