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The Linotype Works, Broadheath

General Chat  •  December 29  •  printsmurf

Well worth a visit to this site    https://exploringtraffordsheritage.omeka.net/
Once on the site's home page, click on exhibitions and go to page 2, scroll down to the Linotype Works article

Re: The Linotype Works, Broadheath

General Chat  •  December 29  •  Dave Hughes

Thanks printsmurf there are some great pictures on there. I liked this commemorative mug, which I would guess, is quite rare:

C.C. Stern Type Foundry News

Monotype Chat  •  December 30  •  Dave Hughes

This volunteer-run type foundry in Oregon, USA has just published a comprehensive update on their activities. They run Monotype and Linotype machines to produce new artwork using traditional practi...

LA Times Production 1973 - video

General Chat  •  January 03  •  Dave Hughes

Great video showing the production of the Los Angeles Times newspaper in 1973. There's some TTS typesetting (including a machine that used OCR to read copy and produce TTS tape), and some early pho...

Re: LA Times Production 1973 - video

General Chat  •  January 04  •  Mechanic

Rather drawn out video. By the time this video was made the ITU in the USA no longer existed. The press union was a separate entity and was happy to print newspapers produced by automated typesetti...

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