[Sca-cooks] moveable type
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Tue Mar 15 05:43:05 PST 2005
> Gutenberg had to dealt with more than 300 letters,
> because the Gothic writing used a lot of ornamented
> strokes and also a great number of ligatures [that
> is the connection two nearby letters into one
> graphical sign].
>
> Vincenzo
Obviously he was not the inventor of the California case. 300 letters
wouldn't fit.
Now that's an obscure reference. In case you're interested in the
California job case, the tray that holds a font of type for a printer,
here's a site with a little of the history and yes, a reference to
Gutenberg's involvement with type cases:
http://www.apa-letterpress.org/Files/APA/TP/California%20Job%20Case.html
And if you drop your case, you pie your type. Shake and no-bake cookery.
Been there. Done that. Embarassing.
Bear
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