Elrod Leads and Rules

by The Elrod Press
Published: July 24, 2017 (3 years ago)

Author: The Elrod Press

I'm a time served compositor with a large printshop keeping letterpress skills alive and well View all posts by The Elrod Press

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William Caxton Quincentenary – Picture of a poster sent in by Mike Wilson.
Letterpress Word Search Puzzle: Mike Wilson has produced a word search for the site. Give it a go and leave your answer in the comments.
Mike Wilson recently sent in some anecdotes from his long career in the printing industry. Check them out here: Bad Handwriting! 1954 Compositors Handbook, Chapel Rules, In Memoriam and Booing Advised.
Banging Out – Fleet Street Remembered -Video documentary about the UK national newspaper industry.
Farewell etaoin shrdlu – A look at the production of the last hot metal New York Times.

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Postage stamps

This stamp was issued in Berlin on 11 May 1954. This was to commemorate the 100th birthday of Ottmar Mergenthaler. The accompanying first day cover also depicted his Linotype machine. There are other postage stamps depicting hot metal type but the...

Mergenthaler's Step Wedge

Dshms Letter Press posted this photo on Facebook.It is a stepwedge designed by Mergenthaler. Tested on the Blower Linotype and did the job of justification.Interestingly Shuckers applied for his patent less than two months before Mergenthaler applied...

Enterprise Goes To Press

Silent but interestinghttps://archive.org/details/EnterpriseGoesToPress