Michael J. Babcock, Jr. Email & Phone Number

Massachusetts, United States

Jamaica Plain, MA

Over a quarter century of genuine typographic letterpress design and printing of high end ephemera, books, social and business stationery, wedding invitations, and music packaging, etc.Working from a fine collection of rare vintage hot metal type and ornament, and machine set Linotype and Monotype faces. No plastic plates.Visit us at.

Jamaica Plain, MA

I offer genuine linecast hot metal typography to the letterpress artisan. From business cards to books, a few slugs to galleys of straight matter, I can supply classic Linotype and Intertype faces and ornament from 6 to 42pt.Visit us at http://linotypesetting.com and like us on Facebook

Greater Boston Area

Sat on the executive council, kept the books, and an eye on social media properties for the not-for-profit graphic arts organization (precursor to the AIGA) founded in 1905. Ex officio member of the SP publication committee. Also acted as IT & webmaster. Designed and printed internal stationery, occasional invitations, and provided fulfillment of book.

Greater Boston Area

Acted in multiple roles as interior and cover designer, production manager, DRGs assistant, office manager, IT department, etc.

Book interior design, page make-up, and cover design for independent publisher David R. Godine.

Cambridge, MA

Teaching a Special Topics course on type & letterpress under the ægis of the design department at Lesley University College of Art and Design (formerly Art Institute of Boston). Covid put the kibosh on it, and classes have been tough to fill. Hoping to get back at it, if.

Did a bit of everything (hence the "factotum" title). Web front-end design and development, back-end database work, IT admin, Apple hardware and OSX Server maintenance, as well as print design, print production, project & account management.

Greater Boston Area

Oversaw day to day production of all graphic materials issued by Pamet working closely with traffic, creative and copywriting. Designed various white mail materials for MCI in compliance with mailing house specs.

Hired to manage and transition the analog studio to Mac based production methods. Contracted and managed freelance talent; oversaw all digital and analog ad production.

Clients included the ICA, Boston; and Converse for whom we produced the award winning "Big Shoe"​ ads with photography by Hiro which garnered a place in Print's "Best Typography" (1993). Excelled on the Mac when the drawing boards were replaced with mice and monitors.

Greater Boston Area

First job out of art school. 12 hour days doing all analog advertising paste-up with cold type delivered daily from the handful of type shops left in Boston. Kerning lots of Palatino, and Goudy Old Style headlines (tight-but-not-touching), and cutting 6pt four-decimal place percentage yields into weekly bank rate ads. Ran the stat room. Maintained stock.

Full-time intern summers '83, '84 and '85 reporting directly to the legendary Bob Stacy. Learned chops that would serve me well through the tectonic shift to the Macintosh which changed the world, and my career path.