Thanks for that. She sounds like somebody I would’ve liked. I worked in a job printing shop that had a handful of letterpresses, as well as a couple offset machines, right up until I got my draft notice.
I got to see expert Linotype operators at work, and set some hand type myself. My boss bought out several other shops when they closed, and had a fascinating collection of type as a result. Chuck Schultz [email protected] 256-525-7436 > On Jul 21, 2020, at 9:55 PM, danny burstein <[email protected]> wrote: > > "and in 1992 she founded the Type Museum (now the Type Archive) in > Stockwell, south London, to rescue the remains of the dying industry." > > https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/15/susan-shaw-obituary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/8A09EAD1-E36B-4B98-B6FD-EA742862CF17%40gmail.com.
