Printers' Tales
By David Hughes
Paperback
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By David Hughes
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Printers Tales is a compilation of over 30 stories, from various authors, about the printing industry in the pre-digital age.Before computers became common-place in the late 1970s, to produce a printed page required the skill and expertise of a multitude of time-served craftsmen.Compositors worked with lead type to create words letter by letter. Paper was pressed on to inked letters to reproduce words and sentences. Many of these skills have long-since been forgotten.This compilation brings...






















