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Letterform Archive: Linotype Master Drawings

Linotype Works, Altrincham (by David Evans)

News of the San Fran­s­isco-based Let­ter­form Archive’s acquis­i­tion of 6,000+ mas­ter draw­ings of Lino­type faces.  Great examples of the draw­ings of some of the key Lino­type faces at the foot of the article.

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GreatBigStory.com: The Saguache Crescent

"Home of the Saguache Crescent" flickr photo by Snap Man https://flickr.com/photos/kkanouse/14566956324 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC) license

From greatbigstory.com – “The Saguache Cres­cent” news­pa­per in Saguache, Colo., has been print­ing its news the same way since the 1800s. Lay the let­ters. Ink. Press. Pub­lish­er Dean Coombs’ fam­ily has had the busi­ness for three gen­er­a­tions, and has helped print out the weekly broad­sheet on a lino­type since he was 12 years old. See…

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Hiring Hot Metal Compositors

Intertype Detail (flickr photo by Cargo Cult http://flickr.com/photos/twosevenoneonenineeightthreesevenatenzerosix/6986438675 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license)

I’d missed this in July (not sure how) about friends at Urb­an Cot­tage Indus­tries hir­ing for line cast­ing machine operators.

Linotype and Intertype Salvage

Linotype Machines, Fleet Street (from Heritage Explorer)

A guide — in note form — to sal­va­ging a Inter­type or Linotype