The Original PC of theTypesettingWorld!
On a muggy late spring afternoon way back in 1976,I trooped along with the rest of the senior design co-op students on a trip to the St.Louis Post Dispatch newspapers compositing room to see “HOT” type being set manually with a Linotype machine.We laughed and joked about how messy and grimy the room was where at least a half dozen Lino machines sat, clanking and making a racket creating type slugs for the galleys of the next days paper.We were seeing the last of the dinosaurs up close, vibrating with heat and a jangling noise that made your teeth grind.
Each student had their name set by a grimy old man who looked liked he stepped out of a frame of the movie, The Front Page.He handed me the slug he typed of my name and it was still warm,the mix of lead and zinc hardened and I truly began my love of type at that moment.Kickstarter.com has a project to raise funds for the editing of a documentary about the first PC of the type world.Checkout the video and if you love type give’em at least a dollar!
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Each student had their name set by a grimy old man who looked liked he stepped out of a frame of the movie, The Front Page.He handed me the slug he typed of my name and it was still warm,the mix of lead and zinc hardened and I truly began my love of type at that moment.Kickstarter.com has a project to raise funds for the editing of a documentary about the first PC of the type world.Checkout the video and if you love type give’em at least a dollar!
"Linotype: The Film" Interview Excerpts from Linotype: The Film on Vimeo.
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"Give the Gift of Art & Design!"
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