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DWPress

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Felix the Cat setting type from a case into a composing stick of course.

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Felix the Cat setting type from a case into a composing stick of course.

ok, Were you perhaps a compositor? ...(Few others would know what you're talking about there.)
 

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ok, Were you perhaps a compositor? ...(Few others would know what you're talking about there.)

I still am, I produce fine press books the old fashioned way - Deep Wood Press.
 

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Wow. I was an apprentice compositor at a big newspaper, early 1970s. Much of what I did was headings in a stick. ...Nice place on cold days. There was a section that made the type. Linotype operators and real proof-readers.
 

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I have a Linotype in studio B and the matrices to cast about 500 fonts, studio A has the press room and bindery (where the stereo lives). It's the slow way of making books in the 21st century but after recently upgrading to a new M1 Mac Mini and the new OS I find great comfort in things that "just work" or can be fixed with a little mechanical skill.

Currently working on a new illustrated edition of The Wind in the Willows in large format on bespoke handmade paper. Very little to do with the computer thankfully. It's a good life.
 
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