Letterpress: Another kind of love story

If you’ve been reading the mavenandmeddler.com for long, you might know that in a previous life I was an old style ‘hot metal’ printer. I’ve never loved the ‘doing’ of anything so much since. Even today, the sound of the exquistely intricate metal upon metal sounds of a linotype machine make me all soft and nostalgic. The smells of paper and ink still can make me happy. Beautiful typography impressed into a wonderful piece of paper is a joy to behold and touch.

In a world that so often moves too fast and offers too much made quickly and cheaply … the art of the printed page is so underappreciated.

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Extinction of the daily newspaper: why I do care

Checking in with the Reno area blogosphere this morning, I noted the following post on Ann Onn Everything about why she felt the time was getting near that she really could do without a daily newspaper. Her arguements are sound, as they should be from somebody who knows what’s what, with a degree in journalism. I can almost agree with her point by point.

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