In 1939, entrepreneur and printer, Jack Roach (pictured left), started South Greensburg Printing in the family garage. Located at 234 Theobold Avenue in South Greensburg, Jack never expected the business to outgrow the confines of the garage, but Jack finally had to raise an addition joining the two family homes together. The business employed approximately eight local people.
In 1979, Jack Roach retired and sold the business to Glenn Krause (pictured right). Glenn combined a small business that he was running in Delmont with SGP. Despite efforts to maximize space, the growing business became cramped. In 1995, Glenn started proceedings to purchase the 76-year-old Coulter Avenue School. The building had been vacant for over ten years and the South Greensburg borough council voted to have the building demolished. Due to a freeze in funding, the demolition never took place. Glenn offered to buy and save the old, dilapidated grade school (just around the corner from the original location). Turning the old school into the print shop gave the business plenty of room in which to expand. With Glenn’s experience, knowledge of the printing industry, and personal determination he doubled the size of the company.
In August of 2008, when the business passed into the hands of husband and wife team, Lan Su and Dave Rutherford, the business became a woman-owned entity. Key to Dave and Lan’s decision to own a business in southwestern Pennsylvania was the ability to live in a community environment that would provide balance between work life and family time. They believe the business is a great investment because it is a well-established business with highly-trained staff and good potential for further expansion. Their intention is to continue the tradition of providing unsurpassed customer service at the fairest prices.
Lan Su, president of South Greensburg Printing, grew up in the Sichuan and Canton provinces of China. She moved to the United States in 1999 to attend school. After graduating from George Washington University with a B.A. in International Business. She worked in the accounting department of an IT firm in northern Virginia. Her husband, Dave Rutherford, executive vice president, grew up in Wisconsin. He earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.
SELECT APPROPRIATE FONTS/TYPEFACES.
• 14 point type and larger is display type. Larger type is used for headlines, headings and subheads.
• 12 point type and smaller is text type. Used for most sustained reading.
• Serif typefaces were designed to make reading easier. The “hands” and “feet” guide the eye through the text. Almost all novels and textbooks use serif typefaces. (Examples: Times, Garamond)
• Sans Serif typefaces are easy to read from a distance. Best used in short blocks of text. Large signs and billboards make extensive use of san serif typefaces. (Examples: Helvetica, Arial)
• Be careful with scripts and decorative fonts. They are good to attract attention, but hard to read for any length of time. Limit use to three lines at most. (Examples: Phyllis, Comic Sans)