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Re: Next Printshop Workday & Training September 26
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard H Tower Jr.)
Thu Sep 24 17:40:34 2015
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 17:40:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>
To: Benazeer Noorani <benazeer@gmail.com>
cc: APO Press <apo-printshop@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <CAPkrFhfgOoBq5E1R9kA6qg6PZzuh3n_Bo1ZLSOxqgcX0N-bAAg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 17:14:01 -0400
From: Benazeer Noorani <benazeer@gmail.com>
To: APO Press <apo-printshop@mit.edu>, apo-printshop-wants-training@mit.edu,
apo-printshop-manager@mit.edu, apo-exec@mit.edu
Subject: Next Printshop Workday & Training September 26
Hi all!
Benazeer, Keshlam, et al:
Today Keshlam, Len, and I completely re-oiled the press,
conditioned the belts, and made some strong headway on the backlog
of type to distribute.
There is still a lot more type to distribute.
...
If there's no training run, I believe the plan is to pull out all
the type cases and wax the rails,
I strongly recommend you don't wax the drawers & rails. The wax picks
up dust/dirt, and dries out. Then solidly sticks the drawer to the rails -
which granted the weight of type will happen sooner than later.
One of my grandfathers did this in his shop, and regretted it. It
became an annual chore to put the drawers out, clean the drawers and
rails, and re-wax them. He tried a number of different waxes, and
never found one that didn't cause the problem. He eventually stopped
trying waxes, but still had to clean the rails/drawers each year.
If you make a list of drawers with problems, we could go over them.
There are a number of ways to handle them.
Add the runners in the double green cabinet wearing out to that list.
Also the issue that we have cabinets/cases with different heights.
and also go on a scavenger hunt for duplicate type faces.
Make sure they are actually the same typeface from the same foundry.
The case label being the same does not mean the type is the same.
You could finish moving the two remaining Copperplate Gothic Heavy
(ATF 130) fonts (6pt-21 6pt-22 6pt-23 6pt-24) into the new quad case.
YiLFS
Benazeer
I'm spending time with my Dad this weekend, and can't make this
workday.
yiLFS -len
