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Roller Cores20 Jul 09
Caslon Bold Type14 Apr 09
Ludlow "breakers"27 Jun 08
Kluge Problem?29 May 08
Printing from Wood Type8 Sep 07
Ever worked on "dead horse"?4 Jun 07
Something a little different from the usual day23 Mar 07
Recent comments
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A Linotype is a very intricate machine....7 Feb
Actually, on the linotype, the @ sign...24 Mar
Are you blowing a lot of air between...19 Dec
Bunch of old hands aren't there? Old...28 Aug
Dick, can right-handed individual use...2 Aug
Dick, is that 51 in dog years?29 Aug
dickg is right. I prefer to print...4 Nov
DickG: Can you get a double-black on a...16 May
Dynamite will work, in large...2 Apr
Fifty years ago, there were tons of...26 Mar
Geoffrey, that repro stock was called...23 Apr
Hate to admit it but a few years...17 May
I agree with dickg about the kluge. I...27 Jul
I agree with the other comments. Where...27 Jul
I have to speak out in defense of my...21 Aug
I know you aren't going to believe it...2 Jun
I really do appreciate the suggestions...9 Sep
I really think you can save the...10 Nov
I second that motion! 10 Sep
I think I will put that form on the...8 Sep
I too, have an ancient windmill. Mine...1 Jun
I would love to have one of those goose...17 May
I would wipe them off with type wash on...2 Feb
If the craftsman is set up to register...19 Jul
Inky, pretty sure that it's a jake-leg...9 Sep
It looks like Goudy Oldstyle with Swash...16 Feb
It looks like Goudy Oldstyle with Swash...16 Feb
Keyboard cams require very little oil....1 May
Lisa, I have two c&p's. The one I use...5 Mar
My old '47 windmill does not have that...23 Aug
Rome, Georgia; Florence, Alabama; or...30 Apr
Seems to me that the ink vehicle has...18 Jul
So many variables. Setting a per hour...29 Jan
That is the term that is used when...18 May
The comments I have read on this...11 Mar
The thins are called hair space. The...5 Jun
There is a lot less to go wrong with a...15 Aug
There is just a comfortable feeling...3 Jun
There is not a right or a wrong answer...8 Feb
Those elektrons were "pretty"! When...23 Feb