Punchcutting

What is it?

Making the hard metal punches that are used to make matrices for type founding. Molten lead flows into a matrix to produce a single piece of type, ready for typesetting.

Hand-picked Links

 • Aimee Dobois: Making Type by Hand - Punchcutting
 • Imprimerie Nationale: Le Cabinet des Poinçons
 • La Gravure de Poinçons à l'Imprimerie Nationale
 • Typefoundry blog: The materials of typefounding

People in the field of Punchcutting

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