"Linotype: The Film" is a feature-length documentary centered around the linotype type printing machine. It tells the story of people connected to the Linotype and describes its impact on the world. My dad was a linotype operator. He started his apprenticeship at the local regional newspaper and eventually ran his own printing business churning out race books, wedding invitations and commercial stationary in the days before letterpress was fashionable.
I spent many a Saturday down at the shop decorating the display counter, making note pads and hanging out at the second-hand bookshop across the road. So I have fond and sentimental memories of the linotype machine. The smell of ink and the piston-like sound of its movement. I have my name and address in linotype metal made by my father. Special.
