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March 01, 2013, 11:59:34 PM
by Dave Hughes

MOVED: "Making Sure" at Monotype, 1955 This topic has been moved to Monotype Chat.http://www.metalt...

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March 01, 2013, 11:58:06 PM
by Dave Hughes

Re: David Lynch Lithography Film Quote from: Dave Hughes on February 26, 2013, 01:01:44 PMFil...

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February 26, 2013, 01:14:26 PM
by Dave Hughes

David Lynch Lithography Film Film director David Lynch, of "Twin Peaks" fame, seems to be...

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February 26, 2013, 01:01:44 PM
by Dave Hughes

1923 ATF Type Specimen Book Many thanks to David Armstrong of Sevanti Letterpress for al...

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February 05, 2013, 06:31:19 PM
by Dave Hughes

German Print Museum Pics Thanks for the info Eric.I have made the alterations.

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February 05, 2013, 09:27:58 AM
by Dave Hughes

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Pen Ruling Pens I ran disc ruling lines producing work for the home office i...

Started by stafford baker

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February 03, 2013, 06:55:45 PM
by Peter Luckhurst

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How was Type for Miniature Books Made? Like Andy, I have some small faces on the Ludlow. I have a f...

Started by Bill Nairn

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February 02, 2013, 02:41:49 PM
by jhenry

keepen das cotten-pickenen hans in das pockets For no apparent reason my computer was hanging during a cred...

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February 01, 2013, 03:26:05 AM
by Mechanic

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What to do with a lot of old hot metal books and literature? Hi! You can see from my website at http://britishletterpress...

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January 06, 2013, 02:52:48 PM
by britishletterpress

Sponsored (Free) Showing of Linotype: The Film Jan. 10 UK I know this is short notice, but Urban Cottage Industries ar...

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January 05, 2013, 09:56:53 AM
by Dave Hughes

Standard Compositor, 1925 Thanks for the info Nick. You know your stuff.

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January 04, 2013, 04:00:48 PM
by Dave Hughes

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Happy New Year to all Metal Type subscribers I would like to wish a Happy New Year to all you passionate ...

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December 30, 2012, 07:35:53 PM
by mafalda

The Great Newspaper Strikes of 1962-63 It's a fascinating story which took me two short train trips...

Started by Dave HughesView the profile of Dave Hughes

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December 30, 2012, 03:48:53 AM
by listohan

Merry Christmas One more old Christmas printed item, a matchbook cover, from...

Started by MechanicView the profile of Mechanic

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December 24, 2012, 10:59:16 AM
by Dave Hughes

Ray Loomis on American History TV Say that is a very new version of model 8 that Mr. Loomis is...

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December 24, 2012, 03:18:36 AM
by Dan Williams

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Rogers Typograph Thanks for that Tony, the Typograph is a very interesting ma...

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December 17, 2012, 11:13:46 PM
by Dave Hughes

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Morgan Line-o-Scribe, 1955 Hey, I did a search and came up with what looks like a very ...

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December 17, 2012, 09:32:08 PM
by Tony Adams

An editorial look at 20th century newspaper evolution A lot more journalists have been "persuaded" to leave Fairfa...

Started by MechanicView the profile of Mechanic

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December 17, 2012, 03:59:23 AM
by listohan

And there's ink in his blood still. An interesting story from the Canberra Times.http://tinyurl....

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December 11, 2012, 04:55:52 AM
by Mechanic

Linotype the Film now out on DVD OK, no problem Dave.I look forward to it also .................

Started by Dave HughesView the profile of Dave Hughes

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November 28, 2012, 09:54:04 PM
by Graham Aked

The Ludlow Swiftape Whilst trying to find a logo for the Ludlow Typograph I came...

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November 28, 2012, 09:06:10 PM
by Dave Hughes

Linotype & Machinery a Generous Employer Linotype and Machinery sounds like it was a good place to wo...

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November 28, 2012, 04:16:48 AM
by Mechanic

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Novice it is ...DAVE you're right

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November 22, 2012, 01:56:38 PM
by pschlacter01

Keyboard Letter Frequency Pic The story of how the layout of the final Linotype keyboard c...

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November 18, 2012, 11:27:45 PM
by Mechanic

Fully Justified Here's a link to a nice blog article about Justin Knopp, a c...

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November 06, 2012, 01:13:06 PM
by Dave Hughes

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Re: Blacked Letraset Artwork So Tony Hall's depiction of a proprietor's office in Fleet S...

Started by stafford baker

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November 02, 2012, 09:47:23 AM
by Dave Hughes

Versatile Letraset Dave's mention of Letraset in the November Metal Type News r...

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November 02, 2012, 04:55:17 AM
by Mechanic

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Printing Envelopes on a Little Giant Missed this video before.  Nifty production values.  Neat fu...

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November 01, 2012, 06:38:13 PM
by Michael

Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite Nice video about recreating the poster that inspired John Le...

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October 17, 2012, 11:09:02 AM
by Dave Hughes