Eleanor Gates
During the strike, magazines such as the Literary Digest, had been published using the same process, and there was a great deal of publicity in American newspapers about the possibilities it presented:
Sunday 23 February 2020
'Piggie', The First Book Typeset Using a Typewriter
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Interesting. I'm reminded of the Varitypers that were used during the Chicago Tribune strike in the '30s, if I recall correctly ... and I'm reminded of the Cold Hard Type volumes published by a certain Loose Dog Press.
Yes Richard, Varitypers were used at the Tribune, but it was during the 1948 Presidential election, leading to the "Dewey Wins" fiasco. I think they'd achieved proportional spacing by then?
Interesting process.
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