March 14th is Pi Day! Pi (3.1415926…) is the name given to the ratio of the circumference of a circle to the diameter. In honor of Pi Day, Howard letterpress printed “3.14” (pi) in 30 line pica (5 inches in length) wood type in the French Clarendon typeface. This wood type was made in the late 1880s by the Hamilton Wood Type Company. This was printed with black rubber base ink using our Washington hand press. #SacHistoryMuseum #PiDay #printing #sacramento #learnontiktok

The NBA basketball season is underway and we here at the Sacramento History Museum are, of course, rooting for the home team! It has been a rough season so far but Alex letterpress printed something for the @Sacramento Kings who are on a 3 game win streak! We had to get out some large wood type that was made in the late 1880s by the Hamilton Wood Type Company for this occasion. The typeface is French Clarendon. The text reads “GO KINGS LIGHT THE BEAM!” The beam appears over the Golden 1 Center w