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Re: Photo Typeface?
The other thing those who don't remember the photo type era may not realize is how much time was spent just making sure things were square and straight. With digital production, it takes extra w…5 -
Re: Photo Typeface?
I'm a bit ashamed to admit that I sometimes removed pages from specimen books for my DIY headline type—not valuable old books, but cheap trade paperbacks sold in art stores, such as Dover editio…1 -
Re: Photo Typeface?
In 1977, in one of my first jobs, I worked at a weekly newspaper. I was production manager, which meant I was at the very end of the process of producing each issue, and was often the last person to …2 -
Re: Photo Typeface?
"Hot type" definitely referred to type from Linotype and Monotype casters. My recollection is that the foundry type was called "foundry type" or "hand-set type". "C…3 -
Re: Photo Typeface?
Something I'll always remember from the phototype era is how difficult it was to get sharp output from phototypesetting machines that used film-negative fonts. I recall that Berthold marketed th…9
