Comments on: Lead type and Homeland Security http://www.helveticafilm.com/newblog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/ A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:45:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Gary http://www.helveticafilm.com/newblog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-10419 Gary Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:24:21 +0000 http://www.helveticafilm.com/blog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-10419 Well that settles it... Otmar knows a thing or two about the Linotype! Well that settles it… Otmar knows a thing or two about the Linotype!

]]> By: Otmar Hoefer http://www.helveticafilm.com/newblog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-10363 Otmar Hoefer Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:41:31 +0000 http://www.helveticafilm.com/blog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-10363 Yes, this is a line casted on a Ludlow machine. I once used that machine during my hotmetal worktimes in the newspaper. You can see this on the picture that the matrices where placed on a separate mountframe which was twisted and then hold on top of the casting section from the Ludlow machine. Also you can see that this line was undercasted. Some large letters hang over the line. This was typically for a Ludlow line. A Linotype machine could not do this. Yours Otmar Hoefer Yes, this is a line casted on a Ludlow machine. I once used that machine during my hotmetal worktimes in the newspaper. You can see this on the picture that the matrices where placed on a separate mountframe which was twisted and then hold on top of the casting section from the Ludlow machine.
Also you can see that this line was undercasted. Some large letters hang over the line. This was typically for a Ludlow line. A Linotype machine could not do this.

Yours Otmar Hoefer

]]> By: Gary http://www.helveticafilm.com/newblog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-10307 Gary Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:58:53 +0000 http://www.helveticafilm.com/blog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-10307 They do have a <a href="http://home.vicnet.net.au/~typo/collect/-collect.htm" rel="nofollow">Ludlow at the musuem</a>, so it could be. They do have a Ludlow at the musuem, so it could be.

]]> By: James Yencken http://www.helveticafilm.com/newblog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-10169 James Yencken Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:23:04 +0000 http://www.helveticafilm.com/blog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-10169 Isn't that from a Ludlow machine? Isn’t that from a Ludlow machine?

]]> By: Art Prioletta http://www.helveticafilm.com/newblog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-10079 Art Prioletta Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.helveticafilm.com/blog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-10079 It's reassuring to know homeland security personnel are doing their job!. And I'm glad you got your lead type pieces back, Gary. It’s reassuring to know homeland security personnel are doing their job!. And I’m glad you got your lead type pieces back, Gary.

]]> By: Andy Polaine http://www.helveticafilm.com/newblog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-9715 Andy Polaine Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:46:04 +0000 http://www.helveticafilm.com/blog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-9715 "thank god homeland security is on top of things, gary. something horrible may have happened." Yeah, Arial could have been installed on millions of computers by terrorists with no taste in typography. No, wait a minute...! “thank god homeland security is on top of things, gary. something horrible may have happened.”

Yeah, Arial could have been installed on millions of computers by terrorists with no taste in typography. No, wait a minute…!

]]> By: Greg Wasserstrom http://www.helveticafilm.com/newblog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-9701 Greg Wasserstrom Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:16:03 +0000 http://www.helveticafilm.com/blog/2007/07/26/lead-type-and-homeland-security/#comment-9701 thank god homeland security is on top of things, gary. something horrible may have happened. thank god homeland security is on top of things, gary. something horrible may have happened.

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