For posterity's sake: https://www.wopc.co.uk/usa/the-united-s ... norwood-85
Someone on Facebook recently posted that they acquired one, potentially aside from the other 9 known to exist. These courts look incredible.
Norwood #85, c.1909
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Norwood #85, c.1909
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Re: Norwood #85, c.1909
I second that, those courts are wonderful. The Starling article is a great read.
In the article he references that it was a 12 color printed deck. Does anyone have a guess how they got to the count that it was 12 colors on this deck? Careful counting and a shark eye / magnifying glass?
On the sheets I've collected I can count the swatches along the edge, typically the four CMYK and any additional spot colors, but that's not happening with the 115+ year old deck of which there are only 9!
Related... I've wondered before how Rainbow decks are printed, with 52 shades of a back design. I never see alignment issues, indicating to me that each back is printed a solid single color (no blending / halftone /etc). Surely we're not able to buy a 52 color printed deck for just minimal increase over the standard 4 color process.
Enough printing talk...
In the article he references that it was a 12 color printed deck. Does anyone have a guess how they got to the count that it was 12 colors on this deck? Careful counting and a shark eye / magnifying glass?
On the sheets I've collected I can count the swatches along the edge, typically the four CMYK and any additional spot colors, but that's not happening with the 115+ year old deck of which there are only 9!
Related... I've wondered before how Rainbow decks are printed, with 52 shades of a back design. I never see alignment issues, indicating to me that each back is printed a solid single color (no blending / halftone /etc). Surely we're not able to buy a 52 color printed deck for just minimal increase over the standard 4 color process.
Enough printing talk...
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Re: Norwood #85, c.1909
Dang, those are really beautiful. Those are what you call custom courts!
Anyone know Will Roya personally? Perhaps he may be willing to get the Norwood deck printed.
Anyone know Will Roya personally? Perhaps he may be willing to get the Norwood deck printed.
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Re: Norwood #85, c.1909
I suspect lithography print and that with 12 colours. If you use a linen tester you can indeed count the colours.
I doubt they print rainbow decks with anything other than cmyk.
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