# Daniel Swartz – Wood Type, Letterpress Prints, and 0.918 Inches – Ep30

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Podcast: [Students of Design](https://stenobird.com/podcast/students-of-design-6919521)
Published: 2025-06-18T17:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://studentsofdesign.simplecast.com/episodes/daniel-swartz-WiZX6qKK
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## Resource

Daniel is a dad, designer, and speaker who specializes in letterpress design and printing. After 14 years, he lost his career in 2020, so his family relocated back to the 5th-generation farmland he grew up on in rural Indiana. There, his growing interest in typography turned into a small letterpress studio called Hoosier Type Company. Daniel does everything. He sources antique wood type, carves new letterforms when he can't find what he needs, and creates prints of his designs, which he eventually sells on Etsy—from the same garage where his grandfather used to paint. Also, all of his designs are handcrafted in small batches and proudly made in the Midwest. Tune in for a talk about wood fonts and their measurements, locking up a design on his flatbed letterpress, and how working with antique materials comes with compromise. Follow Daniel on Instagram @hoosiertype.co, buy one of his prints on Etsy, or book him for a type talk or workshop on his website. Ink, Paper, Sweat, & Hope.

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