The other day I received this. Giorgio has a very interesting site, a great resource for the history of printing. Michael Everson >I am Giorgio Coraglia, linotype operator from "Tuttosport" (1969) and "La >Stampa" of Turin. I am retired since 1993. > I have put up on the Net a site: >http://digilander.iol.it/linotype/ >dedicated to the profession of the Linotype operator. >My Web site < Linotype & Linotipisti > contain the description and the >history of the Linotype and its inventor. All the models of linotype the >Americans, English, Germans, Italians and Intertype. Technical cards. Use >and maintenance. Mail and testimonies (also photographic) of linotype >operators (also my work history), editors and journalists. Many >photographies originals, many link and many curiosities. All dedicating to >the mythical Linotype. >I turn to you, if possible, for information to enrich the page dedicated >to the Linotype and to Linotype operators who have worked on newspapers >throughout the world. >It is a trade that is disappearing, swept up by the new technologies, but >through this site there should remain a testimony of an innovative >profession that has allowed newspapers to grow. It is a site open to the >testimonies of all those whom have dedicated a life of labor to a mythical >profession: to the Linotype operator & typographers & journalists >throughout the world. To remember & to remind. >Yours truly, > giorgio coraglia > >Giorgio Coraglia - via Fermi 1 - 10020 Cavagnolo (Torino) - Italy >fax: (+39) 02700404923 > >I encourage anyone interested in Linotypes to visit the site and to >send comments to Giorgio Coraglia: >e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
