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Tag Archives: Linotype machine
Of molten lead and ChatGPT
At the core of The Blognosticator are posts about the graphic arts, printing processes, solutions to printing processes, and related items. The blog was originally an arm of Graphic Arts Monthly magazine, who hired me in 2000 to write blogs, … Continue reading
Resurrecting Ottmar Mergenthaler
In 1960, John W. Reed, President of the Linotype Company, presented a bronze bust of Ottmar Mergenthaler to the students of Cal Poly’s Printing Department (now called Graphic Communication). The bust is about 2/3 life size, and is mounted on … Continue reading
Posted in Art, People, Typography
Tagged bronze casting, Cal Poly, Frank Romano, Genesis Bronze, Graphic Communication Dept., Linotype machine, Ottmar Mergenthaler
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Rewiring the Linotype machine
I’ve not blogged in quite a while, for which I apologize to my faithful readers. It wasn’t that I didn’t have anything going on. It was that I had writer’s blog. I couldn’t come up with anything to say about … Continue reading
Posted in History, Imposition and Pagination, Printing and Printing Processes, Typography
Tagged antique printing, Blognosticator, Brian Lawler, Cal Poly, letterpress, letterpress printing, linecasting, Linotype, Linotype machine, printing history, Shakespeare Press Museum, typographic history, typography
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Linotype: The Film
We showed the film: Linotype: The Movie last week at Cal Poly. The movie was great! We had about 100 people in attendance, including John Werner, who was once the director of typography for the New York Times. He made … Continue reading