Saturday, July 20, 2013

(Field) Trip through Time - Part 5

These last four are drawers where all the types are kept. Just think of the fonts we know on MS Word and all word processing software, and remember how good we have it nowadays! The press workers have the skills of the printers of yesteryear, having the eye and patience to select the font, its correct size as well as its dimensions. I was shown a font even called GROTESQUE! Isn't that something?
 
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Confessions from a Protestant student at Catholic school

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