10-01-2007, 01:19 PM
It was Intertype. My dad was a typographer in NYC. He had 3 machines. I used to get the jod of melting the old jobs down and recasting the pigs (lead logs) in the summer - that was brutal. He has about 10,000 sq. ft., mostly filled with California job cases of various fonts/sizes/etc., a proof press, a metal cutting table saw the 3 machines and the forge.
He and his partner bought 2 Compugraphic machines in the mid-70s, sold everything and moved into a space with 250 sq. ft. The business lost most of its allure for me then, but costs were so much less, profits rose significantly (until the desktop publishing revolution killed it, anyway...)
Cary
He and his partner bought 2 Compugraphic machines in the mid-70s, sold everything and moved into a space with 250 sq. ft. The business lost most of its allure for me then, but costs were so much less, profits rose significantly (until the desktop publishing revolution killed it, anyway...)
Cary