I love the casual mention of a permitted society dedicated to scavenging from the river, some of whom do so at night with headlamps to hide 'their' patches. It feels like something from a Gaiman...
I love the casual mention of a permitted society dedicated to scavenging from the river, some of whom do so at night with headlamps to hide 'their' patches. It feels like something from a Gaiman novel.
That’s a much larger dump than the headline suggested at first read. I don't know much about traditional letterpress or how publishing houses collected and organized their typefaces but I wouldn’t...
Green managed to recover a total of 151 sorts (the name for individual pieces of type) out of a possible 500,000.
That’s a much larger dump than the headline suggested at first read. I don't know much about traditional letterpress or how publishing houses collected and organized their typefaces but I wouldn’t have expected a set to contain so many pieces. I was picturing one guy emptying out a banker’s box of letterforms into the river; this sounds like a truckful (wagonful?) that would have required a team of people to unload. Assuming that 500k figure is correct.
Well that is just fantastic in every way. Thanks for the link!
I love the casual mention of a permitted society dedicated to scavenging from the river, some of whom do so at night with headlamps to hide 'their' patches. It feels like something from a Gaiman novel.
That’s a much larger dump than the headline suggested at first read. I don't know much about traditional letterpress or how publishing houses collected and organized their typefaces but I wouldn’t have expected a set to contain so many pieces. I was picturing one guy emptying out a banker’s box of letterforms into the river; this sounds like a truckful (wagonful?) that would have required a team of people to unload. Assuming that 500k figure is correct.
It sounds like he was simply very persistent and made regular trips over multiple days.
This is the best thing I have read all day!