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	<description>The collected history &#38; writings of printer, educator, historian Alexander S. Lawson</description>
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		<title>A Few Reflections On a Man Named Alfred A. Knopf</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alfred A. Knopf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent issue of New York Times Book Review, a writer was questioning the emergence of conglomerate ownership in the formerly preponderantly individualized book publishing business. Discussing this problem with an executive of one of the conglomerates (for example, Time Inc. owns the old Boston house—Little, Brown—and RCA owns Random House, Knopf, etc.) this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Grabhorn Era—Fine Printing In the Far West</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edwin Grabhorn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Grabhorn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“It’s the end of an era.” Well, here is a statement made so frequently about so many events plaguing our civilization during the last 30 years that it has become a rather tired cliché. But, upon occasion, it is the only thing which can be said about occurrences that leave us at a loss for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Stand-By Faces Outlive the Trends</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Typographically Speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Typographic Scoreboard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent issue of the printing trade periodical, full-page advertisements use the following types for display: Cheltenham Bold Condensed News Gothic Franklin Gothic Bookman Cooper Black Kabel Bold Futura Heavy Century Bold Garamond Bold Caslon Bold So what is changed, typographically, in the last 40 years? All of these ads could have been said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selection of Type Faces Offers Wide Possibilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The Composing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[type selection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An embarrassment of riches makes choice of type a difficult matter Trends and folks of specialized type usage fluctuate rather quickly One type user claimed even the gods do not know which type to use Few subjects are as controversial among printers as the selection of type faces. Perhaps it is rash even to bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Typographer’s View of Phototypesetting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Typographically Speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photocomposition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Typographers who are apprehensive about the future of the conventionally-style letters which we call roman types may take some degree of comfort from the fact that most of the current crop of phototypesetting devices are producing the same types as the “hand comp” of an earlier era, albeit somewhat swifter, if not so skillful. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s the Best Road to a Graphic Arts Education?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The Composing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craft skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[printer's training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How can young people best further their life-work training and education? Would formal education at college best prepare individuals for printing? Or is organized craft or apprentice training of the most practical value? In a recent issue of The Inland Printer, a letter to the editor raised a question which is in the minds of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Technology And Typesetting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Typographically Speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photocomposition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is somewhat ironic that typesetting, last of the ancient craft skills of the printer to be automated, is now the first to lend itself to the various demands of the current models of Mr. Babbage’s calculating machine. And this notwithstanding the fact that typography has been notably served by printing historians of the century [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Information Dissemination Goal of Printers’ Groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The Composing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[printing industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small plants substitute reading for having their own research departments Organizational bulletins provide source of information for busy printers Attending conventions and having personal exchange of ideas are helpful With costs of composing room operation mounting higher and higher, printers are constantly looking for a means to “hold the line” in competition with other printers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anatomy of a Type—Franklin Gothic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Typographically Speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Typeface]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris Fuller Benton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[typeface design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Caslon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the late Steve Watts was manager of the type foundry at ATF, he was fond of saying that while “types come and go, Franklin Gothic goes on forever”—which was just another way of reminding printers that the type was a perennial best seller. Franklin Gothic, over the past 60 years, has been one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decorative Letters of Past Century Inspire Revival</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The Composing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decorative type]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey-day of decorative letter is not yet over; still used as “modern” style Trends of the nineteenth century brought out in twentieth century printing European typefoundries lead U.S. in the production of display faces The nineteenth century has had the questionable reputation of being a period of low standards and printing. But the logical advances [...]]]></description>
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