What a gem! A wonderful trade 'swallowed' by the need for producing faster ... faster ... and faster still. I consider myself lucky to have owned a beautiful oak-drawer with a brass handle from a renowned Austrian newspaper ... which I meanwhile passed on to my grandson, who put it up on the wall of his room, displaying in it his most prized possessions :o) Thank you for sharing this great film!
This looks like the biggest pain in the ass ever. Much love to those who did this and kept books and papers printing in the early days of mass-printing.
Except course before Intertype or Linotype machines, there were still newspapers. And reflect of how they are being displaced despite by communications that do not finish up on paper.
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I do not suppose there are many of us left that did a 5 year apprenticeship in hot metal composition a true skill and craft but dirty ... those were the days.
This looks so tedious and boring... I can't imagine having to do this day in and day out again and again... I know that some people might enjoy this and I think even I could grow to enjoy this process but on the whole I'm glad that things have sped up considerably and this is no longer necessary.
This manual typesetting shown in the picture gives me an exhortation to appreciate the microcomputer and computer (laser) printer. The main thing I have to do is just type or keyboard my work.
@@listohan Also, electronic documents and files can be edited in many and flexible ways. The conventional methods consisted of cutting, splicing, copying documents and printing copies. In most cases, several people were needed to produce perfect copy to do several tasks on one specific job. With the microcomputer, only one computer, one person, one printer, even one scanner to master to do all the tasks with apply the applications with several software programs. Also, that person plays an important role as an end-user. A document or file can be handled in several ways and thus be stored as archives, without aging and fading away. Thank you for tapping or typing to me.
@@jesuszamora6949 @Richard Ure Also, electronic documents and files can be edited in many and flexible ways. The conventional methods consisted of cutting, splicing, copying documents and printing copies. In most cases, several people were needed to produce perfect copy to do several tasks on one specific job. With the microcomputer, only one computer, one person, one printer, even one scanner to master to do all the tasks with apply the applications with several software programs. Also, that person plays an important role as an end-user. A document or file can be handled in several ways and thus be stored as archives, without aging and fading away. Thank you for tapping or typing to me.
What a gem! A wonderful trade 'swallowed' by the need for producing faster ... faster ... and faster still.
I consider myself lucky to have owned a beautiful oak-drawer with a brass handle from a renowned Austrian newspaper ... which I meanwhile passed on to my grandson, who put it up on the wall of his room, displaying in it his most prized possessions :o)
Thank you for sharing this great film!
This makes me appreciate page layout software like Adobe InDesign or Quark Xpress. This was definitely a skill as well as an art!
This looks like the biggest pain in the ass ever. Much love to those who did this and kept books and papers printing in the early days of mass-printing.
I think it would be the back that took the strain.
@@listohan You ain't wrong.
My exact thought
I have to agree - I can't believe they used to make newspapers like that - can you imagine.
Watching videos like this teaches one to respect old books...
There was real craft there.
I am here for a refresher course.
Thanks for your excellent tutorial. Just as I was taught as a 16 year old apprentice compositor during the 60s.
Here's another one! th-cam.com/video/nC-kKtWmujg/w-d-xo.html
Holy hell.....thank god for the Linotype machine!!!!
Monotype, Intertype, Ludlow.
I will never complain about Microsoft Word again!
Microsoft Word has been my springboard. I like using the microcomputer and color laser printer better than all other methods of writing or printing.
so they had to do this for every line in a newspaper article? makes me appreciate the automatic processes we have today.
Feels weird stumbling upon something like this in 2022
I would have sucked at this! Much RESPECT!
....la tipografía ...aaaa
Mi oficio.
Dios eterno, darnos siempre trabajo en la imprenta.
Newspapers were set on Intertype or Linotype machines. Hand setting was used by the jobbing printers for business cards, letterheads, invoices etc.
Smaller print shops would do that. There was always a business for local shops, schools and whatever to use them.
Except course before Intertype or Linotype machines, there were still newspapers. And reflect of how they are being displaced despite by communications that do not finish up on paper.
How did one know what the character organization is for lower case letters?
Be Careful Driving Elephants Into Small Foreign Garages
Zorro Let My Name Hang Over Your Picture Window
Veronica Upchucked Through A Ring
Mark Twain's first jobs were as a typesetter for his brother, Orion Twain.
I do not suppose there are many of us left that did a 5 year apprenticeship in hot metal composition a true skill and craft but dirty ... those were the days.
Why would anyone dislike this video?
i used to be a comp in 1969
awesome
finally, actual manual typesetting video, not one of the digital Adobe """typesetting""" videos.
Been there, done that...
This looks so tedious and boring... I can't imagine having to do this day in and day out again and again... I know that some people might enjoy this and I think even I could grow to enjoy this process but on the whole I'm glad that things have sped up considerably and this is no longer necessary.
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This manual typesetting shown in the picture gives me an exhortation to appreciate the microcomputer and computer (laser) printer. The main thing I have to do is just type or keyboard my work.
Not to mention Copy and Paste.
@@listohan Being able to correct on the fly.
@@listohan Also, electronic documents and files can be edited in many and flexible ways. The conventional methods consisted of cutting, splicing, copying documents and printing copies. In most cases, several people were needed to produce perfect copy to do several tasks on one specific job. With the microcomputer, only one computer, one person, one printer, even one scanner to master to do all the tasks with apply the applications with several software programs. Also, that person plays an important role as an end-user. A document or file can be handled in several ways and thus be stored as archives, without aging and fading away. Thank you for tapping or typing to me.
@@jesuszamora6949 @Richard Ure Also, electronic documents and files can be edited in many and flexible ways. The conventional methods consisted of cutting, splicing, copying documents and printing copies. In most cases, several people were needed to produce perfect copy to do several tasks on one specific job. With the microcomputer, only one computer, one person, one printer, even one scanner to master to do all the tasks with apply the applications with several software programs. Also, that person plays an important role as an end-user. A document or file can be handled in several ways and thus be stored as archives, without aging and fading away. Thank you for tapping or typing to me.
That would suck so much if he dropped that box all over the floor...
There's a movie where someone had that happen.
Obsolete
Worst job ever