http://www.metaltype.co.uk/ Yesterday's Technology . . . Today! The Internet's No.1 Printers Nostalgia Site en-us http://www.metaltype.co.uk/newsletter.shtml The February edition of the newsletter is now out. Lots of assistance wanted in the forum. http://www.metaltype.co.uk/print I have just launched Metal Type Printing. At the moment I am producing business cards and A6 flyers to your design. http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story56.shtml Another broken Linotype, another job for the Linofish! http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo159.shtml Thanks to Don Mountain for sending in this article that documents the completion of the 200,000th Heidelberg press in 1968. http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story55.shtml The fifth story from Greg Fischer recalls an electrifying incident! http://status.spiralhosting.net/2012/01/ Some of you may have noticed that the site has been running a little slowly recently. Pages requiring connection to a database, eg the Forum, Classifieds and Mailing List have been particularly badly affected. The problems have now been resolved, the site has been migrated to a brand new server, and is running lightning-fast. Clicking on the heading of this article will take you to full chapter and verse of the problems from my web host. http://www.metaltype.co.uk/newsletter.shtml The January edition of the newsletter is now out. Plenty to tell you about, plus additional footage of the York Wheel, a newly erected observation wheel here in the historical city of York. http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story54.shtml The fourth in a series of stories sent in by Greg Fischer. More Texan accents! http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story53.shtml The third in a series of stories sent in by Greg Fischer. I can just visualise that type metal stalactite! http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story52.shtml Apologies. The link to the latest Greg Fischer story took you to the original story. It has now been corrected. While you are here make sure you see Baroness Trumpington Fights Back on the Forum. All the best for Christmas - Dave. http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story52.shtml The second in a series of stories sent in by Greg Fischer (aka Linofish). http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story51.shtml A story sent in by Greg Fischer (aka Linofish). http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo158.shtml Four pages of photographs taken at this working museum in Darmstadt, Germany. http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story50.shtml A video review of The Surgeon Factory by Ken Rascoe, MD. A book produced using the letterpress process. http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo157.shtml Pictures sent in by Robert Clerebaut. http://www.metaltype.co.uk/newsletter.shtml The November edition of the newsletter is now out. As usual the video tells you about what has been happening on the site and the Forum. The extra footage this month is of a Hawker Hurricane WWII fighter, but there is more to this aircraft than meets the eye! http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story49.shtml The story of how this new book was produced by the letterpress process at the International Printing Museum, Carson, USA. http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo156.shtml David Evans recently moved his letterpress machines 4 miles up the road in West Yorkshire, UK. Video and pictures.