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Click on the "show all Subscription options" link on the right for details of where you can use this feed. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/WkdL50aiBUc/story65.shtml Dave Gladwell shares some memories of working in the book publishing industry, plus a PDF to download.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/WkdL50aiBUc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story65.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/ewh1dgetuV4/photo175.shtml Photographs taken in the production areas of Richard Clay, book printers, Bungay, Suffolk, UK.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/ewh1dgetuV4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo175.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/ji6EDWVrFHs/story64.shtml Obituary for a popular New Zealand MP and ex-linotype opertor.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/ji6EDWVrFHs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story64.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/fJAxOhunZSA/newsletter.shtml The latest video newsletter is now out. As well as me telling you what has been going on, you can see the slightly disappointing Intertype badge I recently bought on Ebay.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/fJAxOhunZSA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/newsletter.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/fJAxOhunZSA/newsletter.shtml The March video newsletter is now out. The usual site news plus another look at the Adana 8X5 hot foil machine.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/fJAxOhunZSA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/newsletter.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/BXhgggtJIGQ/photo174.shtml Pictures taken from a brochure published by Linotype in Berlin, in the 1930s.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/BXhgggtJIGQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo174.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/fJAxOhunZSA/newsletter.shtml The February newsletter is now out. The video also shows an Adana 8X5 hot foil machine that I recently purchased and am in the process of restoring.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/fJAxOhunZSA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/newsletter.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/5Ry0rH-vpu8/photo173.shtml Photographs of the composing room, taken by Richard Goodwin, between 1969 and 1975.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/5Ry0rH-vpu8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo173.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/TNfSrHY5sg0/photo172.shtml Four pages of photographs taken at the Deutsches Museum and Gutenberg Museum, Germany. Help needed with the captions.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/TNfSrHY5sg0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo172.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/fJAxOhunZSA/newsletter.shtml The December edition of the video newsletter is now out. Plenty to tell you about, as usual.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/fJAxOhunZSA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/newsletter.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/aoc4HX4SOTE/photo171.shtml An instructional video on how to set up and run this table-top press.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/aoc4HX4SOTE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo171.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/nElyhbAiIOo/n3wkjc I started sending out a weekly digest of postings on the Metal Type Forum. If you haven't already received the first issue, and would like to, click the link above.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/nElyhbAiIOo" height="1" width="1"/> http://j.mp/n3wkjc http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/4L9s1uZL_IA/story63.shtml Les Smith sent in this cautionary tale from a typesetting company in Sydney, Australia.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/4L9s1uZL_IA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story63.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/TjY3GWxyRaQ/photo170.shtml John Nixon has sent in some additional information about the photographs originally sent in by Kevin Brown.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/TjY3GWxyRaQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo170.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/fJAxOhunZSA/newsletter.shtml The November edition of the video newsletter is now out. The usual news, plus an appeal for information on suppliers to the letterpress hobbyist.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/fJAxOhunZSA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/newsletter.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/q8kZJAczoM4/story62.shtml An amusing anecdote, sent in by Pete Roberts, recalls his days as a Mono keyboard operator at the Cambridge University Press, UK.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/q8kZJAczoM4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story62.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/299r_8-WkzI/market2 Following a security breach that took place at the weekend, I have had to replace the Classified Ad system on Metal Type with immediate effect. Unfortunately I have been unable to transfer any existing ads to the new system. Please repost your ad, using the new system. I am confident that you will find the new software a big improvement.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/299r_8-WkzI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/market2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/8VlfnzdUfaA/story61.shtml Phil Ambrosi reminisces about his family print business in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/8VlfnzdUfaA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story61.shtml