Participant Info
- First Name
- Richard
- Last Name
- Hopkins
- Press Name
- Hill & Dale Private Press and Typefoundry
- City
- Terra Alta
- State
- West Virginia
- Country
- USA
- Website or Blogsite
- http://
- Year You Started with Letterpress
- 1963
- How You Got Involved In Letterpress Printing
- As a kid I had a Swifset Rubber Stamp Press. Got the "bug" in 7th grade mandatory printing class where we learned the case and learned the basics.
- Presses & Equipment
- Various small presses plus a Vandercook Uinversal 1, a Heidelberg 10x15 windmill, a 7x11 Pearl. Seven operational typecasting machines in my shop including Composition Casters driven via computer interfaces.
- Education & Training
- BS & MS in journalism at West Virginia University
- Work History
- Worked in newspapers and for Associated Press for brief time. Owned a weekly in 1970s. Taught typography & advertising at WV university for 7 years. Own & operate commecial printing plant, Pioneer Press, for over 40 years.
- Other Interests & Hobbies
- Deeply involved in typography, design, typecasting, and all other aspects of letterpress.
- Letterpress Group Memberships, If Any
- APA, AAPA, APHA, ATF, NAPA
- Birth Year
- Nov. 20, 1939
- Your Photo or Press Photo
