by John Howells and Marion Dearman
(Discovery Press, copyright 1996)


The end of a five-century tradition


The last shift of hot metal production in a composing room that produced telephone books. From this moment on, everything would be done digitally, using computers and photocomposing equipment. The expressions on the printers' faces tells the entire story. Their skills, their years of experience are now irrelevant. Their future uncertain.


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