We've launched an exciting new project of our own! Introducing the Kickstarter app for iPhone!

Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 24, 2011.

A new WNYBAC Kickstarter Project

Update #6 · Nov 18, 2011 · comment

Hello again, Thank you for your past support of our projects. We hope you appreciate the title of our new project... and will consider being part of it.

Cheers!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/565689766/in-the-basement-no-one-can-hear-you-screen

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More Adventures in Wood Type!

Update #5 · Jul 22, 2011 · comment

Check out our latest acquisition at our blog:

http://bflobookarts.blogspot.com/2011/07/thank-you-ernst-printing-more.html

And thanks again to all of you who contributed - the rewards have been mailed; if you haven't received yours, please contact us!  HOWEVER - if you are expecting 9 specimen sheets from the higher reward tier, be patient!  They're on their way.  We're printing a few more with new type we acquired.

All the best,

The WNYBAC Gang

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Humble Thanks, and The Check is in the Mail!

Update #4 · Jul 2, 2011 · comment

The WNYBAC gang would like to thank each and every one of you who donated to our Kickstarter campaign to save wood type.  We understand that this is a difficult time financially for everyone, and we are humbled by the overwhelming response.

Rest assured, we've secured a number of wood type fonts and we're already cleaning and cataloging them!  More to come on that, and we'll be posting pictures and narratives on our blog.

AND:  We've already printed a number of specimen sheets from early type donations and newly acquired fonts, so that means, your specimen sheets are on the way!  We hope you love them as much as we do.

If you donated at the $100 dollar level, we owe you 9 specimen sheets, and those will be on the way soon.  If you haven't filled out the survey yet, do it now, we need your address. 

In the meantime, we'll send out a couple more updates showing pics of the new wood type, specimen sheets underway, and projects your donations made possible.

All the best, and thank you from the bottom of our hearts,

The WNYBAC Gang 

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The End is Nigh!

Update #3 · Jun 23, 2011 · comment

Thanks to every single one of you who has donated so far.  It's generous support from people like you that help keep our organization going.  We appreciate your love and goodwill, but those gifts don't help us pay the bills ;-)

But we're not using these funds to pay the bills!  We're using them to score even more amazing wood type, and to preserve printing heritage. 

There's only 15 hours left.  Please share a link to the campaign on Facebook, email friends, and tell people who you think may be interested.  Let's give one last big push!

Thanks again -

The WNYBAC Gang.

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Huge Thanks!

Update #2 · Jun 8, 2011 · comment

With 2 weeks to spare, we did it! Many, many thanks to all of our backers for this project. We have already acquired a few fonts of wood type and now can get the rest and even more (depending on how much our final tally is). We will be printing over the next month or two and send you the reward prints (or you can stop by WNYBAC and choose your rewards in person). Look for some photos soon!

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