I'm reading a lot about gutenberg and he was awesome, he didn't just invent the printing press, he basically invented printing
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the ink, the equipment for setting type, and even the lead alloy used for type slugs (he was a goldsmith by trade) were all his
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If you haven't seen it, "Farewell Etaoin Shrdlu" is a fascinating look at the NYT linotype's last day on the job:https://youtu.be/1MGjFKs9bnU
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finally got around to watching this, it was lovely. stark change in aesthetic from old machine rooms to sterile offices is quite jarring
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Hey where did you find this? Want to point other people to it
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Thanks!
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If my grandfather was breaking out the metal type and setting up the big press, I knew not to bother him because that was serious $$$
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growing up in a print shop on the cusp of digital was awesome. They got a digital linotype machine, but no further, all analog.
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I mean the only reason I know what shit is in photoshop is because I saw my dad and grandpa do it all in the darkroom
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I think that that was a large part of why photoshop won: they named everything after its analog counterpart
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Gutenberg is like the Galileo of Reprography
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yeah I once spent an entire night reading a technical history of Reprography while on mushrooms. Blame
@randycurtiss it was his fault! :-)
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