From our very own @glennf
Three Articles on Type & Printing History
https://mailchi.mp/f288885accd8/how-newspapers-got-their-mojo-bogus-copy-and-a-rocky-road-to-a-standard-baseline-new-articles-on-type-and-printing
Am I the only one that gets two copies of the flong article instead of the alignment article? I’m not a subscriber so thought maybe that was why.
For another fun thing: http://www.linotypefilm.com/
Update: Glenn says:
Oops! Apologies, but the link in the previous email for “Aligning a rocky road: The history of baselines,” was incorrect. Follow this link to the correct article. –Glenn
Am I the only one that gets two copies of the flong article instead of the alignment article? I’m not a subscriber so thought maybe that was why.
For another fun thing: http://www.linotypefilm.com/
Update: Glenn says:
Oops!
Apologies, but the link in the previous email for “Aligning a rocky road: The history of baselines,” was incorrect. Follow this link to the correct article.
–Glenn