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Farewell – ETAOIN SHRDLU (1978) (vimeo.com)
9 points by susam on Nov 29, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


What I found interesting about the move from hot type to cold type is just how transferable jobs were. From packing lead together to pasting up paper... many of the same skills are needed to ensure each page is laid out correctly. 14 lines per minute to 1000 lines per minute. Quite a drastic increase and no doubt meant alot less jobs were needed to produce a finished paper.




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