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General Chat  •  September 11  •  Dave Hughes

For those of you who couldn't make it to the Museum of Printing for this great discussion, here it is courtesy of Youtube. I found the whole thing highly entertaining. It's not all about keyboards, there were some great anecdotes from the newspaper and printing industries.

There was mention of a Monotype computer interface in part 1. An interface which I don't think has been covered in our forum discussion: Monotype Composition Caster Interface.

Doug Wilson revealed that his documentary "Linotype: The Film" was only called that because he couldn't think of anything better. His new book is in danger of being called "Linotype: The Book" unless someone can think of a better title!

Badly Drawn Linotypes!

General Chat  •  September 16  •  Dave Hughes

I've posted a couple of these previously. Drawings of Linotype machines where the artist has messed up! Here's a picture from the 1950s or 60s where the artist has messed up on the details of the L...

Ray Loomis R.I.P.

General Chat  •  September 14  •  Dave Hughes

Reported by Steve Cole on FB:
Sad to report that another Linotype veteran has passed away.

Printle No.16

Printle Chat  •  September 17  •  Dave Hughes

Printle No.16 is now available. I'm predicting people may have difficulty with this one.

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