They still engrave text onto tombstones and other stone memorials. But these days they use sandblasting and lasers in addition to old school chisel and hammer.
They should make a TH-cam Channel to have multiple paths of revenue. Not only could it be educational, but if the workshop is kept mainly quiet, they could become popular in the rather large ASMR community. I'd watch them make books for hours.
Notice how the guy working the machines is wearing ear plugs? There's gonna be a handful of machines that could make some interesting sounds, but largely, you're not gonna get much enjoyment from higher gain audio setups...
As a professional typewriter service technician, I can't tell you how beyond thrilled I am to see folks like this keeping these beautiful machines alive.
You’re a professional typewriter technician? I’m a collector. Sorry to ask you a question - you probably get it all the time. I recently bought an Olympia electric - I’ve owned many electrics including the IBM golf ball and the later word processor types. But this 1970s electric typewriter prints really faint type. It uses a traditional carbon based ribbon, which I’ve changed. I’ve even tried to create a deeper print by spraying it with WD40. But it just seems not to have enough power. Have you come across this issue? Any advice would be greatly appreciated
I took Print Shop in high school, we had JOB CASES full of type, learned how to set it, proof it and do final print. We printed the school stationary, printed pocket calendar s , tickets for the drama department for school plays, this was definitely a skill I will never forget
@@mikhelBrown i used to read a lot of books when I was a kid. I remember i used to go to my school library everyday. When the internet became something that everyone can afford and trendy, I instantly reside on the internet because it was more reliable and easy to learn more stuff. But even that, books are still somewhat different to it. There is just something unique about books.
@@mikhelBrown Yeah, reading is fun as hell for a lot of people, but some people just don't enjoy it. You can find the exact same material from a lot of books from the Internet, from tv, from discussing it with experts, etc.
I read books but not fiction books. More like technical books about music, language, engineering. If you can learn those from internet, which you can, you're not missing out much. I just prefer to have a physical copy even though what I said are available in the internet. Fiction books by whoever pretentious author everybody is hyping now is useless to me, and probably to you too.
My Father was a Printing Pressman and ran a Heidelberg Handfed Letter Press. As soon as this video started...the ink smell filled my mind. Also, the memories of being taught how to set type by hand and how to operate the Press, at eight years old. Thank you.
I really LOVE that his daughter is SO interested in learning this Lost Art. She can LITERALLY See the results of what she's created and THAT has much more Value than a Quick store bought card.
@@diegomadrid7468 I truly doubt he makes her do that. Most kids are in awe if their parents and want to do whatever they're doing. At least that was my experience. I wanted to be out on the boat with my dad or helping lug in fire wood. I wanted to help in the kitchen, and be like my mom. It's normal to copy your parents as a child because that's how you learn to do things.
@@diegomadrid7468 you can literally see how engaged she is in the process, she asks to be involved and looks excited. I highly doubt she’s there against her will and not having fun lmao
This where the phrase 'mind your p's and q's' comes from. When you're printing it's easy to reverse these letters meaning an entire reprint of the page may be required due to an error. Attention to detail basically.
I think it's awesome to keep forms of old craftsmanship like this alive, to preserve the history or the artistry of it. But I'm glad that we have modern developments that allow the more average person to be able to afford things that otherwise would be too cost prohibitive. There's pros and cons for sure.
There is a storm in my heart after witnessing this process of printing. So tedious, awaspiring and just beyond. Also, it is a sweet reminder that this is really where the word "Typecasting" comes from. My respect from India.
@@getoutofmyhead373 both him and his wife are at eternal rest, he passed the day after Christmas last year, he worked at different newspapers across the country for around 38 years doing it the old way, he took me to a day of work one time and I was amazed how one person could make a newspaper, he always new the days news before everyone else woke up lol
What they were using was a Linotype machine -does exactly what it says on the can. This was a development from forming each line from individual letters. I still have a few small letterpress printers having given away many tons of what was considered to be scrap metal. My son's both used these machines and my wife and I gave many demonstrations at schools getting the youngsters to print, fold and cut - try doing that on your Epson! Hopefully my grandchildren will also get to use these machines as well as using the technology of today.
@@Defnotjolie what school did you go to?? all the schools I have been in had a lot of people staying in them from 10 minutes before the school day started to lunch and quite a few people started after school in the library???
Since I was small I always thought books were eternal.. the cover, size of the book, the font & even paper add life to the contents...have much admiration for your dedication...let handmade books live on for our children to pass on and on....
I started my apprenticeship in printing in New Zealand 40 years ago. When we went to the Trade School courses in Auckland for six weeks in the first year we had to learn how to assemble individual lead type and photo plates for letterpress printing on old Heidelberg platens and rotary flatbeds. An absolute art but a pain in the arse as well. Several of my fellow apprentices actually ran old letterpress platens full back then. At the Trade School they still had working Linotype machines to produce the lead type. Sadly they got rid of it all several years later and it all went to the scrap dealer.
They're probably plenty smart, but devoting your time and money to an internet vlog that may or may not pay the bills is a risk most people aren't going to try. Give up x-percent of your current life, and learn TH-cam, video editing, camera work, make/maintain an internet personality, expose yourself to social media/scrutiny, etc.
I think you're overestimating how easy it is to get big on youtube. If you look at the most subscribed channels, most of them are in entertainment or music. A vlog style channel would not work well for them because they already spend most of their days actually working at the print shop. They would need to hire a full time camera man and an editor, which ups the costs of running the channel.
What a memories... in late 80s when I was a child, my uncle had this kind of printing business but smaller, and after school I used to help him arrange those lead letter. We don't have proof printing, so we usually use mirror to proof check.
When I was in high school and college from 1966-1971) the largest paper in Joplin, MO (over 40,000 distribution, twice a day) was using Linotype machines which worked exactly like this. After the setter would type in the characters from castings of each letter made from the melted metal it was then set in a flat bed with a heavy metal frame to squeeze the letters together and form the entire single page of the newspaper. This was read (in reverse) to ensure no errors occurred and then this was pressed into a heavy thick cardboard like material semi-circle that was used to form the metal half of the circular drum which was then attached to the large printing press. Photoengraving was used to produce the pictures for the paper. After each run the metal type was put into a large cauldron and re-melted to be used over and over. I was always amazed they could do this entire complex/elaborate process twice a day.
My Grandfather was a linotypist (type caster) and he and my Grandmother had their own letterpress business in the 1950’s. I’m so happy they are preserving this art! I think there are 2 working type casting machines in the US if not the world that I’ve heard of.
This is a really beautiful craft and lost art. I get great pleasure reading old books and periodicals just from knowing the craftsmanship that went in to their manufacture. As a former letterpress operator I can still feel the composing stick in my hand and remember locking up the chase.
This is my dream job.. I always want to work at a place like this 🥺 I even make my own book. Cut it, sew it, bind it myself with my own hands. I love doing that kind of thing 🥺
Did this work for the first 10 years of my working life, loved it. Set type by hand, then worked with Linotype/InterType and Ludlow. Just a polite correction, it's Page Cord, not string. By looking at the Compositor using the Page Cord, I think it is Connerstone Page Cord, it more elasticity. I called the Composing Room Home.
Absolutely fantastic. Started setting type by hand . Fire Marshall wouldn't clear the linotype to be ran , he didn't understand it. Moved to Kluge and Meihle verticle presses . Then moved to offset printing . From small quick print presses like Hamadas to large Heidelberg 4 color presses. Brought back some memories.
As someone who collects these private press books, I can flatly state that holding and reading these handcrafted books, printed letterpress on beautiful hand made papers, is an other-worldly experience. Expensive? Yes, of course, but it is still an affordable luxury.
I remember when our local newspaper was printed that way as late as 1973. Today that newspaper is out of business and in a matter of fact, there's no more local newspapers being published at all in my area. We have to depend on the internet which I'm against. You just can't beat the feeling of having the morning newspaper in your hand when your drinking your morning cup of coffee.
I am 100% in support of the old ways of printing. As a small artist I do a form of printmaking on my press I do Intaglio. And relief printing I also do but I work with wood type. Its more of an artform than a commercial concept. As an Illustrator I make greeting cards and I hand design and hand print my cards. Its an awesome craft and it gives me satisfaction when it comes to reproducing my art I love it!
My dad used to work in a print news company where they used this technology, that's until 2002 when it went obsolete. This is nostalgia for me, every weekend my I'd visit the press and I would be so fascinated just by looking at the machines.
If you bothered to check the site they did do a second print run for the print in the video. And while you were at it you'd also see there's plenty of books still in stock. This isn't the sneaker market dude, you aren't competing with people day 1 to throw hundreds down on books.
I have watched (up to date 5/15/2021) all the “Still Standing” shows. I just entered my seventh century and these all touch me deeply. It gives me joy to see an episode that isn’t so depressing and about how COVID has almost made a unique and rare lifestyle almost die. Don’t get me wrong I am glad that we all can gain awareness to these vocations and if we can support them. It is nice to see these artisans doing well and I want all of these talented people, regardless of trade, or lifestyle to survive and prosper. I know my era (and those before) are a dying breed but I really enjoy watching this type of content. I wish you all the best!
In a world that is almost completely digital, ran by a small group of people who decide what you see and and read, having a physical tactile book in your hands that someone else cant delete or edit, will be and is more important then we realize
Feeling a handmade book will always feel different then a factory made book because of the fact you are holding knowledge that someone took time out of their day to pass down to the younger generations. Where with a factory book, it got made in like an hour with glue, paper and cardboard compared to string, glue, paper, binding and care.
Books purpose is to carry knowledge, i dont even use physical books anymore, i just read them using my smartphone or tablet, far more efficient and environment friendly and works perfectly fine on dark. When reading a book, im disconnected from reality anyways
@@Navhkrin No lmao, Books are not just to "Carry Knowledge". A simple hard-drive could do that, A book is made to teach a lesson to the younger generations, It's purpose is to give knowledge and guidance to our decedents in a meaningful way.
Just seeing that forge working makes me happy. I absolutely love old and complex machines. Yeah, it can be done so much more efficiently with servos and timing belts, but the look and sound of those old analog machines brings a smile to my face
I really loved reading those kinds of book in my university (they still have a lot of really old books that haven’t had any reprints) It somehow takes you to that time when it was being written and you feel what the book has been through to get there.
We started with 2 letterpress and a room full of led letters, but as time went on we had to upgrade. We still have a letterpress with us but its not operated anymore. Respect from nepal 🇳🇵
The largest collection of usable antique book printing and binding equipment in USA is in the basement bible repair workshop at the Benedictine monestary in Richerton North Dakota, my great uncle was the guy that did the work. My grandmother is buried in the church yard, he is in the hill side ..
Это такой тяжёлый, долгий и интересный способ печати!!! Это не сравниться с современными типографиями, и держа такой шедевр в руках понимаешь, сколько в него вложено сил, знаний и любви!!!
During the start of the quarantine, they closed down Barnes and noble when I tried to buy a book.... I thought it was the end of the world! It felt like we were being put in the dark ages again. Seeing this saddens me, but the fact that this artform is still alive I'm glad. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! : )
I grew up with printing press next to my home it was ran by mute , he was kind and was very passionate about the work . But old age ripped him of this and shop was sold . These craft are dying breed we must cherish and protect them.
@@electricant55 The racism comparison might no make sense but I agree with him. This type of book printing is no piece of art it’s literally just using outdated equipment with outdated techniques to achieve a worse outcome. If they were handwriting it with decorations then there’s artistic value an old printing press provides nothing except for possible lead poisoning. So to sum it up this type of printing is stupid because it doesn’t add artistic value after the hard work of using it and fails at doing what a modern printer does. I guess what he’s trying to say is that this press is just as redundant as racism and serve as little value as it does so it shouldn’t be kept as a tradition because it’s not necessary.
These people are true artisit. Their love and passion for handmade books inspires me to work harder in life. Thank you for reminding me to follow my passion even if its going to be extinct one day.
They could reproduce and make books to order, rear books and those no longer in publication. If I had something I wanted to keep to remain important like a first edition of my own work to keep as a showpiece or family heirloom I'd pay for it if I had the money.📑📑📑📈
Absolutely stunning and impressive. This is the reason I always say we should take a step back and enjoy life. High-tech should not be in every aspect of our lives
26yrs ago at trade school we learned compisition the od plattern and book binding we made our own books and 26yrs later still looks brand new was great to learn thisbalong with letter press. Though these days I now travel Asia Pacific and teach flexo, offset , gravure and screen printing not only a job for me but I love and enjoy the printing industry.
i think what i like about hand-made books, is that the process of physically creating each book gives the content of the book more 'weight', or value. the information in a hand-made book feels more important than a mass-produced book, because of the care that went into creating that book.
If you do it that way then you would lose your arranged letters when you want to switch to printing something else, and to do a second printing you would need to start from scratch. It would also require disassembling and sorting the letters when you are done printing a book to be able to use them again, which might take even more additional time than making new letters does.
As much as I love typography, fiddling around with microtypography, acvhieving even grayness of the page, eliminating the unnecessary line breaks, after learning it from the books of Knuth and Zapf-I believe that all this effort could be redirected to make high-quality books available to the public, to improve the typesetting quality, not holding it within a restricted circle at a ridiculously high price. The TeX typesetting engine literally emulates the work of a typesetter, minimising the number of line breaks analytically, and with one line of code, one can invoke the variable-letter extension that produces more beautiful pages by varying the width of letters in exactly the same manner Gutenberg did. Old books look good because they had multiple passes between people who were highly trained to spot mistakes. This video does not even show books with justified lines (because they take more time to make because the space width is variable, and variable-width spaces have to be inserted), and there is no hanging punctuation at all. In overall, I have mixed feelings because literally these are people who know how to make quality books, yet they decided to limit their output in the most hipsterish way possible (low-efficiency artisanal manner at prohibitive prices), thus ensuring that a common person will never afford their book! And even compared to the ones produced by Zapf or other great typesetters of the older days, these do not even look that good! This is exactly the opposite of making well-typeset books more common! Not as good as the ones by the great typesetters of the past, not as good as a highly trained TeX specialist could produce these days (cf. The Art of Computer Programming)-yet one has to sell a kidney to acquire it. No. Just no. This is wrong.
I never read, it's something I stopped doing shortly after school made me do it as part of my education, but my word was it fascinating to see exactly what goes into this craft. Absolutely stunning.
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@@SmooshGoo If this is targeted at me, I assure that I love professional craftsmanship. However the world moves on at a great pace. He's talking about mass produced news papers and magazines that are also pretty much history. I understand doing it for a specific clientele but you'll get trampled on if you try to compete with anything modern.
"I have files on my computer from 20 years ago that are gone because I have no idea how to open that anymore" truth!!! The other day I was trying to play an older Flash game but apparently all the browsers killed Flash. I'm sure there are workarounds but like.. I think it's worth reflecting on older technologies' resilience. The shiniest new things may work out great, but then again, it may not.
If you really wanted you might be able to run win xp on virtual machine or get an old pc with xp on it, it should come with a browser that supports flash
Stone tablets are more resilient tbh. Paper book is very easy to destroy. It can be eaten, wet or burn. Where it's difficult to lose data on purpose with current technology. Few backups in different places make it almost impossible to lose.
@@Luminousplayer EXACTTLLYYYY!! its unreal how most people blame tech for not working etc and want more "resilient" things but 9/10 times its the user that causes these limitations. There are thousands of solutions to run older files, software or convert them into newer formats but people cant seem to get their head round that and just end up cursing the product/software/manufacturer
My maternal grandfather was an engraver, I believe he did similar work except with images that he carved on to plates. He retired in the early 90’s when everything was being replaced by computer printers.
I prefer my words chiseled on stone tablets. When is THAT gonna make a comeback?
🤣
Ask potters for that.
Hire literally any sculptor.
They still engrave text onto tombstones and other stone memorials. But these days they use sandblasting and lasers in addition to old school chisel and hammer.
..when you do it yourself?
They should make a TH-cam Channel to have multiple paths of revenue. Not only could it be educational, but if the workshop is kept mainly quiet, they could become popular in the rather large ASMR community. I'd watch them make books for hours.
Absolutely! I love watching these kind of ASMRs
Notice how the guy working the machines is wearing ear plugs? There's gonna be a handful of machines that could make some interesting sounds, but largely, you're not gonna get much enjoyment from higher gain audio setups...
These people refuse changes
These people are just wasting their life.
@@outofthebox9699 to be fair, you're also wasting your life on youtube
When she said: “ can I do that papa!?” Instantly melted my heart! 🥺 What a precious craft and legacy to have!🙏🏾
Ur pretty bro
@@adventureguy4119 that’s weird bro
@@CHloE748 huh oh no
@@adventureguy4119 uh, yeah yeah it is! You’re really creepy!
@@adventureguy4119 ur pretty bro too
As a professional typewriter service technician, I can't tell you how beyond thrilled I am to see folks like this keeping these beautiful machines alive.
You’re a professional typewriter technician? I’m a collector. Sorry to ask you a question - you probably get it all the time. I recently bought an Olympia electric - I’ve owned many electrics including the IBM golf ball and the later word processor types. But this 1970s electric typewriter prints really faint type. It uses a traditional carbon based ribbon, which I’ve changed. I’ve even tried to create a deeper print by spraying it with WD40. But it just seems not to have enough power. Have you come across this issue? Any advice would be greatly appreciated
@typewriterchicago6021.
They should melt those machines down in the same way they do with the typefaces.
@redblade8160 what makes you say that?
I took Print Shop in high school, we had JOB CASES full of type, learned how to set it, proof it and do final print. We printed the school stationary, printed pocket calendar s , tickets for the drama department for school plays, this was definitely a skill I will never forget
That's great. Hope to learn it too in the future.
I took Print Shop Deluxe
You're a man after my own heart. Sounds like we went to different High Schools together.
Sadly we had none of that at my high school. These days it’s literally all science, art, and math.
I ran a Miele V 50 letterpress from 1971 to 1989. It was hot heavy work but I would sure do it again.
"Can I do that papa?" That, that right there broke my heart. She's so sweet
Your heart broke? Mine melted
Melted* and yes 🥺
@The Real Gordon Ramsay Better get that checked mate. Sounds like a unusual case of Pancreatitis.
A broken heart is a bad thing you dingus.
Broke your heart?! I broke A ROCKET ENGINE AND SHE’S NOT SWEET SHE’S A NORMAL KID DUDE
As someone who doesn’t read books much, I very much appreciate the hardwork and craftmanship it takes making these books🙂
You should pick up reading my man.. cuz knowledge is not only power but profit. The faster you learn, the faster you earn.
Same
@@mikhelBrown i used to read a lot of books when I was a kid. I remember i used to go to my school library everyday. When the internet became something that everyone can afford and trendy, I instantly reside on the internet because it was more reliable and easy to learn more stuff. But even that, books are still somewhat different to it. There is just something unique about books.
@@mikhelBrown Yeah, reading is fun as hell for a lot of people, but some people just don't enjoy it. You can find the exact same material from a lot of books from the Internet, from tv, from discussing it with experts, etc.
I read books but not fiction books. More like technical books about music, language, engineering. If you can learn those from internet, which you can, you're not missing out much.
I just prefer to have a physical copy even though what I said are available in the internet. Fiction books by whoever pretentious author everybody is hyping now is useless to me, and probably to you too.
Fun fact: this video was supposed to come out a year ago but due to corona it got delayed which is why he say 101 years old
woah, never expected to come across a fake business insider account
i have no reason to believe you but i guess it makes sense
How does a video already shot get delayed by COVID-19? Seems like a lame scapegoat.
@@jakp8777 it was probably shot after the lockdown
@@dirujan7494 what the channel had typed?
My Father was a Printing Pressman and ran a Heidelberg Handfed Letter Press. As soon as this video started...the ink smell filled my mind. Also, the memories of being taught how to set type by hand and how to operate the Press, at eight years old.
Thank you.
I really LOVE that his daughter is SO interested in learning this Lost Art. She can LITERALLY See the results of what she's created and THAT has much more Value than a Quick store bought card.
She’s a little girl, her dad makes her do it she has no choice lmfao
@@diegomadrid7468 I truly doubt he makes her do that. Most kids are in awe if their parents and want to do whatever they're doing. At least that was my experience. I wanted to be out on the boat with my dad or helping lug in fire wood. I wanted to help in the kitchen, and be like my mom. It's normal to copy your parents as a child because that's how you learn to do things.
@@diegomadrid7468 you can literally see how engaged she is in the process, she asks to be involved and looks excited. I highly doubt she’s there against her will and not having fun lmao
Imagine how she'll feel when she grows up and realizes how much more they could've made with a machine 😂
Inb4 bums start coping - money absolutely does make you more comfortable. Enjoy the Ramen noodles and not being able to pay for the doctor
Imagine how many books he's read just making the cast? 😮 so impressive, dudes gotta be a genius now.
And reading them all backwards!
Like one a year according to that they say it can take to make one....
@Kranky. K! didnt pay attention to the words? 🤦♂️ pretty sure that's his ONLY job lol 😆
@Kranky. K! ohhh okay gotcha. Lol I was going to say, then they wouldn't sell many books lol
Muscle memory kicks in after a while but yeah he probably does read the book
Preserving a technique while the competition is fierce is well respected. Love to see this.
There is no competition. They are in a minuscule market niche, selling books for a fortune.
@@gsilva220 an entirely unnecessary niche I might add.
@@AnshumanKantiBose if there is a market, regardless of how small, is it really unnecessary?
@@AnshumanKantiBose Like 99 % of all markets today are absolute unnecessary
@@cherubin7th that's dumb
Pasts are always valuable, we never able to go back there but opportunities like this will set us into it.
Well said.
This where the phrase 'mind your p's and q's' comes from. When you're printing it's easy to reverse these letters meaning an entire reprint of the page may be required due to an error. Attention to detail basically.
Oooh. That's interesting!
or “b’s and d’s”
Doesn't that mean to mind your manners? I'm from the south, and my grandma used to say that to us. It meant like, don't cuss or be crass
@@GigsofRam Of course it does. But the origin of the phrase is distinct from its meaning
Thanks!
As a traditional bookbinder and paper maker I am both in love and jealous 😍😍😍! What a dream! Long live the traditional printing press!
finally seeing the real printing company from the movie "Little Women"
eyy i've watched that yesterday.
Little Women is a masterpiece of a movie
5:24 “can I do that papa 🥺”
She's so precious
She's so cute
@Irene not to me
The sparkle in her eyes is incredible!
@@hanikazuha "Cant believe she's 18 already"
Thanks to them who keeps the traditional book making. Even it's 2021 totally impressive to see such time consuming works.
I think it's awesome to keep forms of old craftsmanship like this alive, to preserve the history or the artistry of it. But I'm glad that we have modern developments that allow the more average person to be able to afford things that otherwise would be too cost prohibitive. There's pros and cons for sure.
There is a storm in my heart after witnessing this process of printing. So tedious, awaspiring and just beyond. Also, it is a sweet reminder that this is really where the word "Typecasting" comes from. My respect from India.
my grandfather was a typist like this for 35 years he retired in the 2000's
I hope he's living peacefully with his family after all that hard work
@@getoutofmyhead373 both him and his wife are at eternal rest, he passed the day after Christmas last year, he worked at different newspapers across the country for around 38 years doing it the old way, he took me to a day of work one time and I was amazed how one person could make a newspaper, he always new the days news before everyone else woke up lol
This, my fellow millennials are the reason why books were expensive and important back then
back when you cant turn some shitty self insert fanfiction into a book series
Indeed
yep
I’m glad books are more accessible and more people are able to find stories that they enjoy and relate to
@@skwizzzb3904 im pretty sure there were stuff like that back then. Except maybe they weren't accepted by society lol
I thought they just change out the letters for the slates, I didn’t know they make each sentence from scratch 😱😱😱
Yes its time intensive the gutenberg bible took 3 yrs just to print 150 copies
Each book has its own dimensions, like height and width. Each book needs a different font.
What they were using was a Linotype machine -does exactly what it says on the can. This was a development from forming each line from individual letters. I still have a few small letterpress printers having given away many tons of what was considered to be scrap metal. My son's both used these machines and my wife and I gave many demonstrations at schools getting the youngsters to print, fold and cut - try doing that on your Epson! Hopefully my grandchildren will also get to use these machines as well as using the technology of today.
That little girl is so precious. A daddy and daughters relationship is a beautiful thing
This is honestly one of the most beautiful things I have seen in a while. Art in one of its truest forms.
Imagine if they sold one of these type of books at a elementary school
It would be dead in a week..library’s in schools are..not it
@@Defnotjolie then i don’t know what school you went to because...they were IT.
No need to imagine
Why do you want expensive textbooks
@@Defnotjolie what school did you go to?? all the schools I have been in had a lot of people staying in them from 10 minutes before the school day started to lunch and quite a few people started after school in the library???
Since I was small I always thought books were eternal.. the cover, size of the book, the font & even paper add life to the contents...have much admiration for your dedication...let handmade books live on for our children to pass on and on....
Doing what you love, and to have the ones you love, want to learn, that is heaven my friend. That little girl is worth a billion.
I started my apprenticeship in printing in New Zealand 40 years ago. When we went to the Trade School courses in Auckland for six weeks in the first year we had to learn how to assemble individual lead type and photo plates for letterpress printing on old Heidelberg platens and rotary flatbeds. An absolute art but a pain in the arse as well. Several of my fellow apprentices actually ran old letterpress platens full back then. At the Trade School they still had working Linotype machines to produce the lead type. Sadly they got rid of it all several years later and it all went to the scrap dealer.
His daughter calls him "Papa." That is the single cutest thing I have ever seen T^T
If they were smart they would start a TH-cam/vlog channel to generate enough money to not rely on any actual customers to pay bills.
I imagine they would do well within asmr community, very satisfying
Great idea.
They're probably plenty smart, but devoting your time and money to an internet vlog that may or may not pay the bills is a risk most people aren't going to try. Give up x-percent of your current life, and learn TH-cam, video editing, camera work, make/maintain an internet personality, expose yourself to social media/scrutiny, etc.
Agree to you!
I think you're overestimating how easy it is to get big on youtube. If you look at the most subscribed channels, most of them are in entertainment or music. A vlog style channel would not work well for them because they already spend most of their days actually working at the print shop. They would need to hire a full time camera man and an editor, which ups the costs of running the channel.
What a memories... in late 80s when I was a child, my uncle had this kind of printing business but smaller, and after school I used to help him arrange those lead letter. We don't have proof printing, so we usually use mirror to proof check.
When I was in high school and college from 1966-1971) the largest paper in Joplin, MO (over 40,000 distribution, twice a day) was using Linotype machines which worked exactly like this. After the setter would type in the characters from castings of each letter made from the melted metal it was then set in a flat bed with a heavy metal frame to squeeze the letters together and form the entire single page of the newspaper. This was read (in reverse) to ensure no errors occurred and then this was pressed into a heavy thick cardboard like material semi-circle that was used to form the metal half of the circular drum which was then attached to the large printing press. Photoengraving was used to produce the pictures for the paper. After each run the metal type was put into a large cauldron and re-melted to be used over and over. I was always amazed they could do this entire complex/elaborate process twice a day.
I admire this video. People like these need to be there to preserve these wonderful marvels from the past to continue it's legacy.
It maybe the last in the US, but believe me man the printing press beside our house is still using that method.
Where do u live?
Philippines 🇵🇭
Woah srsly?! I'm also a local ,but i didn't know that this kind exist in the Ph too! Btw what part are you from bro?
Guagua pampanga philippines 😊
It’s not the last in the US. It is wholly misinformed reporting.
My Grandfather was a linotypist (type caster) and he and my Grandmother had their own letterpress business in the 1950’s. I’m so happy they are preserving this art! I think there are 2 working type casting machines in the US if not the world that I’ve heard of.
I hope that this procedure never washes away.
It's totally Time Capsule material
This is a really beautiful craft and lost art. I get great pleasure reading old books and periodicals just from knowing the craftsmanship that went in to their manufacture. As a former letterpress operator I can still feel the composing stick in my hand and remember locking up the chase.
This is so beautiful, I really do hope other generations continue this passion - it really is remarkable.
This is so interesting! It's awesome to see that this craft is being preserved by these fine artisans!
This is art
Im glad these people keeps this knowledge alive
This is my dream job..
I always want to work at a place like this 🥺
I even make my own book. Cut it, sew it, bind it myself with my own hands.
I love doing that kind of thing 🥺
I want too!
Did this work for the first 10 years of my working life, loved it.
Set type by hand, then worked with Linotype/InterType and Ludlow.
Just a polite correction, it's Page Cord, not string. By looking at the Compositor using the Page Cord, I think it is Connerstone Page Cord, it more elasticity.
I called the Composing Room Home.
Absolutely fantastic. Started setting type by hand . Fire Marshall wouldn't clear the linotype to be ran , he didn't understand it. Moved to Kluge and Meihle verticle presses . Then moved to offset printing . From small quick print presses like Hamadas to large Heidelberg 4 color presses. Brought back some memories.
As someone who collects these private press books, I can flatly state that holding and reading these handcrafted books, printed letterpress on beautiful hand made papers, is an other-worldly experience. Expensive? Yes, of course, but it is still an affordable luxury.
I remember when our local newspaper was printed that way as late as 1973. Today that newspaper is out of business and in a matter of fact, there's no more local newspapers being published at all in my area. We have to depend on the internet which I'm against. You just can't beat the feeling of having the morning newspaper in your hand when your drinking your morning cup of coffee.
Who else watched this on Valentine’s Day?
Me
I am 100% in support of the old ways of printing. As a small artist I do a form of printmaking on my press I do Intaglio. And relief printing I also do but I work with wood type. Its more of an artform than a commercial concept. As an Illustrator I make greeting cards and I hand design and hand print my cards. Its an awesome craft and it gives me satisfaction when it comes to reproducing my art I love it!
My dad used to work in a print news company where they used this technology, that's until 2002 when it went obsolete. This is nostalgia for me, every weekend my I'd visit the press and I would be so fascinated just by looking at the machines.
When metal type print was first introduced, it was considered revolutionary. Before that they wrote books down by hand.
@Stellvia Hoenheim and nobody asked you
> Has hard time staying profitable
> Does limited print runs for things that take a lot of labor to produce
San Fran is weird
If you bothered to check the site they did do a second print run for the print in the video. And while you were at it you'd also see there's plenty of books still in stock. This isn't the sneaker market dude, you aren't competing with people day 1 to throw hundreds down on books.
I think my daughter Stephanie will enjoy this video as much as I have 💞
Thank you from sharing from the San Francisco Bay Area
I have watched (up to date 5/15/2021) all the “Still Standing” shows. I just entered my seventh century and these all touch me deeply. It gives me joy to see an episode that isn’t so depressing and about how COVID has almost made a unique and rare lifestyle almost die. Don’t get me wrong I am glad that we all can gain awareness to these vocations and if we can support them. It is nice to see these artisans doing well and I want all of these talented people, regardless of trade, or lifestyle to survive and prosper. I know my era (and those before) are a dying breed but I really enjoy watching this type of content. I wish you all the best!
My grandfather did this for decades, following in his own father’s footsteps.
In a world that is almost completely digital, ran by a small group of people who decide what you see and and read, having a physical tactile book in your hands that someone else cant delete or edit, will be and is more important then we realize
Physical is great now because Companies like Google can't just memory hole a physical book away.
Feeling a handmade book will always feel different then a factory made book because of the fact you are holding knowledge that someone took time out of their day to pass down to the younger generations. Where with a factory book, it got made in like an hour with glue, paper and cardboard compared to string, glue, paper, binding and care.
Books purpose is to carry knowledge, i dont even use physical books anymore, i just read them using my smartphone or tablet, far more efficient and environment friendly and works perfectly fine on dark.
When reading a book, im disconnected from reality anyways
@@Navhkrin No lmao, Books are not just to "Carry Knowledge". A simple hard-drive could do that, A book is made to teach a lesson to the younger generations, It's purpose is to give knowledge and guidance to our decedents in a meaningful way.
I was lucky enough to see one of these printing press when I was a kid. it was infront of my school. I was fascinated by their work.
Just seeing that forge working makes me happy. I absolutely love old and complex machines. Yeah, it can be done so much more efficiently with servos and timing belts, but the look and sound of those old analog machines brings a smile to my face
The little girl, making memories in the garage with her Papa.... got me in the feels.
What?
“You can have a book printed 500 years ago and you still enjoy it. But I can't even open a file created 20 years ago on my computer.”
I love this. Good on you Arion and staff for continuing this craft.
I really loved reading those kinds of book in my university (they still have a lot of really old books that haven’t had any reprints)
It somehow takes you to that time when it was being written and you feel what the book has been through to get there.
Something about this video was not only nostalgic, but very peaceful at the same time.
Me a printing technology student in 2003, I did this at that time in my practical section!!! Keep doing....!!!⏳
We started with 2 letterpress and a room full of led letters, but as time went on we had to upgrade. We still have a letterpress with us but its not operated anymore. Respect from nepal 🇳🇵
The largest collection of usable antique book printing and binding equipment in USA is in the basement bible repair workshop at the Benedictine monestary in Richerton North Dakota, my great uncle was the guy that did the work. My grandmother is buried in the church yard, he is in the hill side ..
Это такой тяжёлый, долгий и интересный способ печати!!! Это не сравниться с современными типографиями, и держа такой шедевр в руках понимаешь, сколько в него вложено сил, знаний и любви!!!
During the start of the quarantine, they closed down Barnes and noble when I tried to buy a book.... I thought it was the end of the world! It felt like we were being put in the dark ages again. Seeing this saddens me, but the fact that this artform is still alive I'm glad. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! : )
You may enjoy binding your own books or even trying out linotype at home. There’s worse hobbies out there that’s for sure.
I grew up with printing press next to my home it was ran by mute , he was kind and was very passionate about the work . But old age ripped him of this and shop was sold . These craft are dying breed we must cherish and protect them.
Books will trend again! I can see it! Not everyone wants a page to pop up with pop ups unless its an elementary school
"This line of work isn't fiscally viable"
Ah yes, the best kind of business
Yes because everything anyone does must be for profit.
@@honor9458 yes
I wish mine wasn't fiscally viable as well ahahah
@Mike The Owl comparing a printing press to racism, great job
@@electricant55 The racism comparison might no make sense but I agree with him. This type of book printing is no piece of art it’s literally just using outdated equipment with outdated techniques to achieve a worse outcome. If they were handwriting it with decorations then there’s artistic value an old printing press provides nothing except for possible lead poisoning. So to sum it up this type of printing is stupid because it doesn’t add artistic value after the hard work of using it and fails at doing what a modern printer does. I guess what he’s trying to say is that this press is just as redundant as racism and serve as little value as it does so it shouldn’t be kept as a tradition because it’s not necessary.
I love how wide the daughters eyes get when she asks if she “can do that”.
These people are true artisit. Their love and passion for handmade books inspires me to work harder in life. Thank you for reminding me to follow my passion even if its going to be extinct one day.
The world seems to be moving ever faster. I love sitting at my desk at the end of the day and reading. Holding a book is an experience.
I’m not a reader but that would be cool to have a book made that way. Very neat.
They could reproduce and make books to order, rear books and those no longer in publication. If I had something I wanted to keep to remain important like a first edition of my own work to keep as a showpiece or family heirloom I'd pay for it if I had the money.📑📑📑📈
Absolutely stunning and impressive. This is the reason I always say we should take a step back and enjoy life. High-tech should not be in every aspect of our lives
26yrs ago at trade school we learned compisition the od plattern and book binding we made our own books and 26yrs later still looks brand new was great to learn thisbalong with letter press. Though these days I now travel Asia Pacific and teach flexo, offset , gravure and screen printing not only a job for me but I love and enjoy the printing industry.
i think what i like about hand-made books, is that the process of physically creating each book gives the content of the book more 'weight', or value. the information in a hand-made book feels more important than a mass-produced book, because of the care that went into creating that book.
Why do they have to make new molds for the letters every single time? Just make a ton of individual letters and put them together to make the words
If you do it that way then you would lose your arranged letters when you want to switch to printing something else, and to do a second printing you would need to start from scratch. It would also require disassembling and sorting the letters when you are done printing a book to be able to use them again, which might take even more additional time than making new letters does.
It would’ve been cool if they also showed an illustration being printed and incorporated into the book.
As much as I love typography, fiddling around with microtypography, acvhieving even grayness of the page, eliminating the unnecessary line breaks, after learning it from the books of Knuth and Zapf-I believe that all this effort could be redirected to make high-quality books available to the public, to improve the typesetting quality, not holding it within a restricted circle at a ridiculously high price. The TeX typesetting engine literally emulates the work of a typesetter, minimising the number of line breaks analytically, and with one line of code, one can invoke the variable-letter extension that produces more beautiful pages by varying the width of letters in exactly the same manner Gutenberg did. Old books look good because they had multiple passes between people who were highly trained to spot mistakes. This video does not even show books with justified lines (because they take more time to make because the space width is variable, and variable-width spaces have to be inserted), and there is no hanging punctuation at all. In overall, I have mixed feelings because literally these are people who know how to make quality books, yet they decided to limit their output in the most hipsterish way possible (low-efficiency artisanal manner at prohibitive prices), thus ensuring that a common person will never afford their book! And even compared to the ones produced by Zapf or other great typesetters of the older days, these do not even look that good! This is exactly the opposite of making well-typeset books more common! Not as good as the ones by the great typesetters of the past, not as good as a highly trained TeX specialist could produce these days (cf. The Art of Computer Programming)-yet one has to sell a kidney to acquire it. No. Just no. This is wrong.
interesting take, thanks for that.
You can print TeX documents on a modern printer.
These people are so praiseworthy! Good job!
Wow.... So much skill... So much knowledge.... Really impressive.
5:39 damn... i watched this on Valentines day.
I like his passion. How is he living in San Francisco on this press ? The cost of living and taxes are rediculous.
Many rich people in San Francisco with a lot money to waste on lavish stuffs such as handmade books.
@@Greenfield-yf1wh true. It's possible.
I’d like to order a custom printed manual for The Society for Creative Anachronism.
One of the top five youtube video I hve ever seen in last 10 years ❤️
I never read, it's something I stopped doing shortly after school made me do it as part of my education, but my word was it fascinating to see exactly what goes into this craft. Absolutely stunning.
This isnt just a book
This is arts
And they make masterpieces
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I hope they weren't overrun by hipsters after this was released.
If it's keeping them in business, let them in. Thank you hipsters for keeping old things alive ❤️
@@kcoker9189 no
@@kcoker9189 lmao I know right, the commenter clearly doesn't care about the business.
@@SmooshGoo If this is targeted at me, I assure that I love professional craftsmanship. However the world moves on at a great pace. He's talking about mass produced news papers and magazines that are also pretty much history. I understand doing it for a specific clientele but you'll get trampled on if you try to compete with anything modern.
As an aspiring bookbinder in the Caribbean, I really admire what you all do. There is nothing like a well bound book🤩👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Huge respect for these people for keeping this thing alive!
please stay open indefinitely! love this old technology.
"I have files on my computer from 20 years ago that are gone because I have no idea how to open that anymore" truth!!! The other day I was trying to play an older Flash game but apparently all the browsers killed Flash. I'm sure there are workarounds but like.. I think it's worth reflecting on older technologies' resilience. The shiniest new things may work out great, but then again, it may not.
If you really wanted you might be able to run win xp on virtual machine or get an old pc with xp on it, it should come with a browser that supports flash
Stone tablets are more resilient tbh. Paper book is very easy to destroy. It can be eaten, wet or burn. Where it's difficult to lose data on purpose with current technology. Few backups in different places make it almost impossible to lose.
@@Luminousplayer EXACTTLLYYYY!! its unreal how most people blame tech for not working etc and want more "resilient" things but 9/10 times its the user that causes these limitations. There are thousands of solutions to run older files, software or convert them into newer formats but people cant seem to get their head round that and just end up cursing the product/software/manufacturer
In the future, typing out things will become antique
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I watched my dad do this for many hours. I used to play with the lineotype machine . Thank you
My maternal grandfather was an engraver, I believe he did similar work except with images that he carved on to plates. He retired in the early 90’s when everything was being replaced by computer printers.
TH-cam recommended this after searching “how digital books are made”.
Soo... how are they made???
@@honestlife1498 when mommy digital book and daddy digital book love each other...