Metal Type Forum

Hot Metal Newspaper in UK?

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:11:23 GMT

James Diamond contacted me recently with the following query:

I'm trying to find out if there is still a UK newspaper which is printed using hot metal technology.

I was told there was still a small, weekly newspaper in the Forest of Dean printed on ...

Superbly Detailed Intertype Video

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:06:41 GMT

Can't believe I haven't seen this one before, a superbly detailed video of the operation of an Intertype. There's some superb filming on this one! A bit of TTS action towards the end.

[html]http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo103.shtml

As the article said it was from a book published in 1955, but, of course, it could have still been de...

Intertype Stick Attachment

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:38:51 GMT

A couple of months ago there was a posting of literature about the Intertype Stick Attachment. From the photos I would guess that it was from the 1920s. I am doing research on this device for the American Typecasting Fellowship newsletter and am seekin...

Re: History of Thermographic Printing ("raised printing")? Virkotype Machine?

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:42:40 GMT

At Gulgong Pioneers museum we have one of these old Virko machines, we hope to get it running soon. Our print display will soon be open to visitors again, we now have our C3 and C4 Intertypes working and also our Model 15 Linotype, hope to get our Mode...