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Line art drawing (in green tint) of a type hand mold in two parts that, when assembled, allows casting an individual character of metal type. At left the top; at right, the bottom. The two pieces are rectangular with screws and adjustments to adapt to different widths of type and allow hot lead to flow in. In the foregrond, you see a metal tensioning spring used to close the mold and a tiny scoop with a long handle used to pour in the lead.

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Line art drawing (in green tint) of a type hand mold in two parts that, when assembled, allows casting an individual character of metal type. At left the top; at right, the bottom. The two pieces are rectangular with screws and adjustments to adapt to different widths of type and allow hot lead to flow in. In the foregrond, you see a metal tensioning spring used to close the mold and a tiny scoop with a long handle used to pour in the lead.
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Glenn Fleishman (glennf@zeppelin.flights)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 00:48:20 JST Glenn Fleishman

Curious about the history of printing, from pre-Gutenberg to the present, and would like a book that offers a thorough but concise rundown? You can get a copy of Six Centuries of Type & Printing in a Kickstarter campaign I launched just now! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/six-centuries-of-type-and-printing?ref=5lm35l
This 64-page hardcover book takes you through Chinese and Korean early printing, Gutenberg‘s innovations, and generations of improvements in making type and putting ink on paper. Illustrators are historic and modern line drawings.

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