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Linotype
A still from the 2012 documentary, Linotype: The Film, about the revolutionary publishing technology’s impact. linotypefilm.com Linotype fans and mid-20th century-printing nerds should enjoy this video...
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A Tale of Two Presses: Printing comes to Iceland
Gutenberg invented the printing press about 1450 in Germany. Although a technological revolution by all counts, it hardly spread like wild fire, even in Europe. The manuscript tradition continued...
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S.F. Bay Area Printers’ Fair
The American Bookbinders Museum will be at the S.F. Bay Area Printers’ Fair and Wayzgoose this Saturday April 18, 2015. Come and visit us between 10am and 3 pm at History Park San Jose! Admission is...
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Happy Letterpress Appreciation Day!
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Four Beautiful Chapbooks by Asian American Poets to Read during National...
A small collection of chapbooks by Asian American poets. Photo credit: Iris A. Law The chapbook, an abbreviated print format that originated with cheap, mass-produced pamphlets hawked by itinerant...
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On February 28, 1963, the television series The Twilight Zone aired an episode entitled “Printer’s Devil,” based largely on a short story by Charles Beaumont entitled “The Devil, You say.” In this...
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At the turn of 1636, Sir John Lambe was presented with a series of complaints by a group of journeyman printers. Lambe was serving as a member of the Court of High Commission, an ecclesiastical court...
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