All of my pre-computer typesetting work was done with manual paste-up. Match type and cut words and letters and artwork out by hand, paste down with appropriate adhesives to make a master and reproduce with a mimeograph, lithograph or silkscreen. It was still a opto-chemical process on the silkscreen as I used a photoresist process.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Justin W Elam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:justin.w.elam@gmail.com" target="_blank">justin.w.elam@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p>Both Linotype, Off-set, and Block type are " lost arts " as everything now is electronic and 'online'. </p>
<p>There are only a few firms still doing it today.</p>
<p>My uncle did offset, binding, and other small jobs. My aunt did Linotype, and eventually moved to doing Adobe ® typography.</p>
<p>My other uncle did newspaper compositing. And another did Paper Mill management.</p>
<p>Now With a click of a mouse, a few terminal commands, a few keys turned, and a few lighted buttons pressed. Allows the paper to be heated, pressed, rolled, cut, shipped, and eventually printed and delivered to the newsrack or your home with the scores, articles, photographs, and comment from last night's big event.</p>
<p>How many more professions are becoming lost arts due to digitalization and technology?</p>
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