A smashing little movie from 1947 about letterpress printing. I remember composing by hand at Newcastle Printing School in 1964, and the great satisfaction of seeing the result locked into the press and the first pristine sheet being run off.
These days the type is set on a computer and the results are usually printed on high speed lithographic presses, but there is still a place for the artisan printer, where individual craftsmanship can be expressed through short-run work. (Hat Tip: www.typedu.org)
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