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Pull out the one below half way.

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Then pull out your case

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far enough[br]to reach the back row of boxes.

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[music box plays]

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My name is Paul Collier.

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I'm the Letterpress[br]and Typography technician

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at the University of Plymouth.

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Letterpress is an old form[br]of mass production,

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an old form of printing,

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invented around about 1450s[br]by Johannes Gutenberg.

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This workshop tends[br]to work in the same way

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as it did back in that time.

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So by using these pre-molded,[br]reusable letters

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made of metal and wood,[br]moveable type,

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we can produce words and sentences

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and paragraphs and pages of text.

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This is a 500 year old process[br]and it moves

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like a 500 year old process.

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It requires[br]a greater degree of consideration

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when you're using this,

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mainly because there are no quick[br]highlight and change sizes

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or typefaces like we can do on the computer.

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That's where technology[br]has really pushed forward,

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is that we can change things[br]in an instant.

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Here if you setup a paragraph[br]or a sentence,

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if you get it wrong[br]or if this--

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if you haven't planned your way forward[br]through that,

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then you just have to take it all apart

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and start all over again.

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[chaotic music plays]

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Once you're there amongst it really,

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because I know the layout of the case;

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I'm familiar with all the letters[br]are in the boxes.

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My mind tends to wander.

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I'm listening to what students[br]are saying in the room.

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I'm making sure their body language[br]is alright;

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they're not struggling with things

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and bit by bit I'm putting my letters together

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and I know[br]whats it's going to look like.

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I have a vision[br]of what it's going to come out like.

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I'm looking forward[br]to seeing it basically

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and getting it finished.

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But the process is quite therapeutic.

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You can calmly put this thing together[br]piece by piece,

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It's a very enjoyable process.

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[music continues]

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I think Letterpress is going through--

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we're going through a revival right now.

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We almost, particularly this country,[br]nearly lost the lot

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and jumped on the Lithography bandwagon

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and just threw everything else away.

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The equipment now[br]is becoming a highly sort-after now.

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We're in the process of people wanting[br]to have this machinery

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and get hold of it

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and that's not easy now[br]because its difficult to find.

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Sometimes even harder are spare parts

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and bits and pieces like that and

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It's old school.

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It's all nuts and bolts[br]and highly mechanical

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and that makes life a little bit easier[br]for us really,

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but there are one or two pieces[br]on each bit of kit

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that are difficult to find.

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That's just the way it is.

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[electronic music plays]

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The quality of image produced[br]by Letterpress is quite sort after.

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The inked in depression[br]that is the characteristic mark

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left in the sheet by the letters

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is something that people[br]don't see very often

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because the laser print and inkjet

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don't produce that anymore[br]and that's the familiarity.

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So when they see this,[br]it has the wow factor

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and I always like to see the look

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when a group of students come in[br]for the first time

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and I'm showing them[br]how the room operates and how it functions

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and how they function in the room.

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It's very clear[br]that they've not seen that before

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or they really get it.

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They really get[br]what the quality of that is.

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It's something that you can't really[br]reproduce in any other way.

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It's that first look[br]at the quality of the way

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that the type impresses into the paper,

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It's very special.

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The digital age does remove us[br]from the tactile work,

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the more hands on

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and I think there is a longing in our soul[br]to get back to that.

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Even if we can't[br]there is something about these places

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that people want to occupy and try out.

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Certainly as an art form,[br]it is very appealing,

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It's very current now,[br]whether that will fade...

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I think it's interesting to note

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that there are other universities around Europe,

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who are opening their own Letterpress[br]studios as we speak.

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That really tells a story there I think,

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that this is here to stay.

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[upbeat music plays]