Yes both, he ran the printers for the Richmond Independant for 30 some
odd years... He was my step-Granddad, but was where I got a fair share
of my old-school values, hard work is as valuable as smart work...
On 1/14/18 8:36 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Was he a hand typesetter or a linotype operator or both?
I am guessing both.� Looks like linotypes stopped being used during the
1980s for the most part.
I watched several videos about they yesterday.� I now understand how
they did the justification.� Pretty clever.
Wedges between each word were inserted until the whole line was long
enough.
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Andrews
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2018 5:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie - Post
My Granddad was a typesetter..� Amazingly enough it wasn't the lead that
killed him..�� 3 packs a day was deadlier...
Robert
On 01/13/2018 02:09 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
It started a bit slow and slightly confusing but I enjoyed it.
I remember when this stuff happened but I was not paying as much
attention to it as Watergate that came a bit later.
Seems like Patti Hearst was about the same era.
I had forgotten about Linotype machines.� Was explaining how it worked
to my son during the movie.
Then I came home and started watching youtubes about linotypes.
I remember when the newspapers used them.� When you toured them as a
school kid they would give you a bar of type with your name on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gQasrMBALA
