Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow! In my twenties, I commonly ordered type set in hot metal, there was only one printer in town still doing that. The quality was superior to the cold type of the day, which was a photographic printing process, with strips of film in a machine with the characters on it. Like anything else, cold type was cheaper and most people didn't notice a difference, so cheap and mediocre won. Modern computer set type is quite good, but I'll be hot metal is still better. -----Original Message----- From: Gerry Walden Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 7:46 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Type Trays Pleased my image brought back some memories Sonny. Gerry Sent from my iPad > On 22 Jul 2015, at 13:37, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > My first Journalism job was at a letterpress weekly. The press room set > headlines and ads from trays like that. > > We had Linotype machines for the hard work of setting body type. > > http://www.linotipia.it/english.htm > > When I went to a newspaper that printed offset, it was like going digital; > Everything was typed on IBM typewriters. > > I moved away from newspapers by the time they went to electronic newsroom. > > I still get daily delivery of a paper newspaper, but when I'm out of town, > I read it on my iPad. > > Hotels no longer put a paper outside your room every morning. > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> > wrote: > >> A newly scanned image from a T-Max 400CN film taken in the year 2000 >> whilst walking the streets in Paris: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/1060-27a.jpg.html >> >> To me this in a way speaks of the redundancy of film for digital. >> >> Gerry >> >> >> Gerry Walden LRPS >> www.gwpics.com >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information