[Frameworks] kodaliths and other title tools

[Eric Theise]

Hi Lark Lyra,

If you're in a place with an active letterpress community you might ask
where printers get their polymer plates made, then ask the platemaker if
they have technology that can create film positives of the size you need. I
went this route for titles some ten years ago; I don't know that I would do
it again or if the technology's changed.

The tolerances for platemaking seem looser than ours and you'll need to
patiently explain what you're going to do. My first batch came back with
pinholes and other artifacts and we had to do a second, maybe third run
with fresher chemistry and higher dmax targets, and they still weren't
perfect. I was working with a local graphic arts guru/mensch and he almost
certainly lost money on that job.

Eric


On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM Lyra Hill <lyra.lou at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Curious if anyone knows of a place that still prints kodaliths? The last
> time I ordered was from Valencia Printers in 2018. I checked with them
> recently and they no longer offer the service.
>
> I'm skeptical that I'll find another printer. I'm preparing to shoot 16mm
> BW titles on Double-X. My back up plan is to make laser cuts into stiff
> black paper, and place these over a light table to shoot through instead.
> This will give me the same 100% opacity as a kodalith, but with more
> material finickiness trying to trim chads and position the floating centers
> of fully cut-out letters, etc.
>
> My backup-backup plan is to film off a piece of paper, although I would
> rather not go this route.
>
> Does anyone know of another kodalith printer?
> And, is there another strategy I may be missing here?
>
> Thanks!
> - Lark Lyra Hill
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