New Posts For Thread: Typography and typesetting.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29042691/typography-and-typesettingBeing somewhat eccentric, I find the above subjects extremely interesting.Here is a little light reading.http://www.pragma-ade.com/pdftex/thesis.pdfAnyone seen PARK ROW (1952) ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29042691/typography-and-typesetting?post_id=549482243#549482243Anyone seen PARK ROW (1952) ?Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:51:24 -0500Yea pretty much zorro - still a few big printing companies producing books and magazines or specialising in very high quality print such as art catalogues etc. All the small commercial jobbing companies are pretty much obsolete along with the above-mhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29042691/typography-and-typesetting?post_id=549471367#549471367Yea pretty much zorro - still a few big printing companies producing books and magazines or specialising in very high quality print such as art catalogues etc. All the small commercial jobbing companies are pretty much obsolete along with the above-mFri, 29 Jul 2016 02:27:57 -0500dead industry? all desktop publishing now?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29042691/typography-and-typesetting?post_id=549471261#549471261dead industry? all desktop publishing now?Fri, 29 Jul 2016 01:27:45 -0500Fascinating thread - justification, letter-spacing, rivers etc ... must surely be a few old Hot Metal Compositors, Readers, Linotype Operators or Monotype Caster Operators on here ...?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29042691/typography-and-typesetting?post_id=549460037#549460037Fascinating thread - justification, letter-spacing, rivers etc ... must surely be a few old Hot Metal Compositors, Readers, Linotype Operators or Monotype Caster Operators on here ...?Thu, 28 Jul 2016 03:40:52 -0500I Kept a VHS copy of PARK ROW (1952)brilliant newspaper film, a lot of which deals with hot metal typesetting. rate the film highly.thought youtube might have it?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29042691/typography-and-typesetting?post_id=549458925#549458925I Kept a VHS copy of PARK ROW (1952)brilliant newspaper film, a lot of which deals with hot metal typesetting. rate the film highly.thought youtube might have it?Wed, 27 Jul 2016 20:14:58 -0500yes Pokermonster thanks, i had seen it and watched it again When you saw the replica printing press that they built and the quality of the print on the page it really was better than you would think possible.a technology that lasted 500 years.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29042691/typography-and-typesetting?post_id=549458783#549458783yes Pokermonster thanks, i had seen it and watched it again When you saw the replica printing press that they built and the quality of the print on the page it really was better than you would think possible.a technology that lasted 500 years.Wed, 27 Jul 2016 19:59:28 -0500Here it is if anyone is interested. It's well worth a watch, I promise you won't be disappointed.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8svE2AjQWYEhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29042691/typography-and-typesetting?post_id=549456401#549456401Here it is if anyone is interested. It's well worth a watch, I promise you won't be disappointed.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8svE2AjQWYEWed, 27 Jul 2016 15:46:06 -0500Did you ever see Stephen Fry's documentary on the Gutenberg Bible, LFC? An absolutely fascinating study of early printing methods.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29042691/typography-and-typesetting?post_id=549456363#549456363Did you ever see Stephen Fry's documentary on the Gutenberg Bible, LFC? An absolutely fascinating study of early printing methods.Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:42:19 -0500https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29042691/typography-and-typesetting?post_id=549456331#549456331Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:38:44 -0500sorry about that pokerhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29042691/typography-and-typesetting?post_id=549456315#549456315sorry about that pokerWed, 27 Jul 2016 15:36:04 -0500