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To: muawiyah
A Linotype could do this then. Citations for Silver Stars were no doubt something not just typed out!

Yes but the Hyman citation is just too good, even compared with the Lehman. The fonts look too different for the era. How was this produced in 1969? Yes I know he may had it replaced but that is why we see a Lehman citation.

40 posted on 09/11/2004 6:29:33 PM PDT by The Bandit
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To: The Bandit
Look, back in 1775/76 there were folks around who could produce magnificent material with just a quill pen.

By the time we get into the period of photo engraving all things were possible.

We went from plate printing to offset litho circa 1973/74 due to some serious price changes for doing medium size jobs (USPS forms for use by the public ~ 100,000 to 250,000 copies per replenishment).

The composition costs actually went up. Reproduction costs went down. By 1979 I was able to get a complete DMM printed on newsprint for 75 cents a copy in quantities of 175,000. The Federal Register cost more because they had tighter deadlines (daily rather than semi-annually for a total production).

You should see the justified stuff we did back in the 1960s ~ it was great. Newspapers were a bit sloppy, but they used hot type.

52 posted on 09/11/2004 6:47:13 PM PDT by muawiyah
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