Many thanks to long-time Metal Type contributor Graeme How for sending in this article.
Category: Stories/Anecdotes
Dropping In!
Thanks to Les Smith for sending in this story. Says Les: “Another story from a typesetting company in Sydney, Australia.”
High-Speed Russian
Many thanks to Pete Roberts for sending in this amusing anecdote from his days at the Cambridge University Press.
Paper Ruling
Part of Metal Type’s Printing Advice section, here Phil discusses the long-lost art of paper ruling.
Cunard Passenger Lists
Ken Blasbery sent this story in after reading an interesting Titanic discussion on the Metal Type forum.
The Machinist
Greg Fischer sent in this poem, which is about a Linotype operator, written from the point of view of a Linotype mechanic on a daily newspaper.
Monotype High Jinx
Many thanks to Pete Roberts for sending in this story.
Looks Like A Horse
An anecdote sent in by Bob Turner.
A Kick in the Clutch
The sixth in a series of stories sent in by Greg Fischer (aka Linofish).
Three’s A Crowd
The fifth a series of stories sent in by Greg Fischer (aka Linofish).