Fritz Swanson
@fritzswanson.bsky.social
Co-Founder The Index, and The Printing Stewards. Writer, printer, teacher. Dad. fritzswanson.com
President of printingstewards.org
Publisher and Printer of theindexpress.com
Publisher of themanchestermirror.com @manchestermirror.bsky.social
President of printingstewards.org
Publisher and Printer of theindexpress.com
Publisher of themanchestermirror.com @manchestermirror.bsky.social
Have you been to America before?!
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Have you been to America before?!
Thanks, Commuting Dog.
October 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Thanks, Commuting Dog.
Mill owners confident new powered looms a good investment. Skilled weavers raise concerns about looms in workplace.
October 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Mill owners confident new powered looms a good investment. Skilled weavers raise concerns about looms in workplace.
Steady on, McDonald’s. I hope no.
October 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Steady on, McDonald’s. I hope no.
New poem dropped from my son.
September 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
New poem dropped from my son.
It’s the open heart that always inspires me.
September 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It’s the open heart that always inspires me.
On my office wall, here on campus.
September 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
On my office wall, here on campus.
Probably not a thrilling topic, but I wonder if anyone has written about colorism amongst white people? Surely someone has?
August 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Probably not a thrilling topic, but I wonder if anyone has written about colorism amongst white people? Surely someone has?
I’m just reporting to @reckless.bsky.social an in the wild sighting of a JBL party speaker, playing salsa music for a line cook at the Fleetwood Diner in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It appears to be a Partybox 520. Kiss the baby!
August 4, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I’m just reporting to @reckless.bsky.social an in the wild sighting of a JBL party speaker, playing salsa music for a line cook at the Fleetwood Diner in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It appears to be a Partybox 520. Kiss the baby!
If there was one sandwich left and you and a Billionaire were in line to buy it: the sandwich would cost $500m. Extreme wealth inequality hurts you directly.
July 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
If there was one sandwich left and you and a Billionaire were in line to buy it: the sandwich would cost $500m. Extreme wealth inequality hurts you directly.
They get more human by the day.
June 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
They get more human by the day.
I have the plate for that Del Rey logo. It looks so good. I proofed it upside down by mistake, though.
June 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I have the plate for that Del Rey logo. It looks so good. I proofed it upside down by mistake, though.
To further vouch for @jdscholten.bsky.social , I just wanted to pull up the proof that he is an OG Taco Bell Drawing Club Member. Let’s make this happen, America. Scholten for Senate!
June 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
To further vouch for @jdscholten.bsky.social , I just wanted to pull up the proof that he is an OG Taco Bell Drawing Club Member. Let’s make this happen, America. Scholten for Senate!
Loved seeing @shaunadeancokeland.bsky.social in Lansing today.
May 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Loved seeing @shaunadeancokeland.bsky.social in Lansing today.
I still think about issue 11 of THE INDEX where the whole issue was just one poem, “GROW UP & BLOW AWAY” by Michael Chang. Here are are two lines. And the title page from FLETCH. theindexpress.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I still think about issue 11 of THE INDEX where the whole issue was just one poem, “GROW UP & BLOW AWAY” by Michael Chang. Here are are two lines. And the title page from FLETCH. theindexpress.com
Ben Franklin on the wisdom of not publishing every idea you have. Because once you publish a thought, you’ll feel beholden to it, and in that way your past self will imprison your future self. Be careful what you write, because you will become it.
April 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ben Franklin on the wisdom of not publishing every idea you have. Because once you publish a thought, you’ll feel beholden to it, and in that way your past self will imprison your future self. Be careful what you write, because you will become it.
I printed with my wonky type. Bad type is still interesting type.
March 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I printed with my wonky type. Bad type is still interesting type.
We've just posted a 24 minute video on Patreon showing us re-discovering how to operate this machine. Join us there and for just $3/month you can learn about typographic history and help us as we preserve and revive that history. www.patreon.com/c/theprintin...
March 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
We've just posted a 24 minute video on Patreon showing us re-discovering how to operate this machine. Join us there and for just $3/month you can learn about typographic history and help us as we preserve and revive that history. www.patreon.com/c/theprintin...
This is the American Type Founders Giant Pivotal Caster. It casts metal printing type up to 144pt. It is the only machine left in the world capable of casting type that large. Our nonprofit, The Printing Stewards, preserves this amazing machine and you can join us! www.patreon.com/c/theprintin...
March 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This is the American Type Founders Giant Pivotal Caster. It casts metal printing type up to 144pt. It is the only machine left in the world capable of casting type that large. Our nonprofit, The Printing Stewards, preserves this amazing machine and you can join us! www.patreon.com/c/theprintin...