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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.23,0:00:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pull out the one below half way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.83,0:00:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then pull out your case
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.32,0:00:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far enough\Nto reach the back row of boxes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.95,0:00:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music box plays]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.00,0:00:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Paul Collier.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.66,0:00:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the Letterpress\Nand Typography technician
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.79,0:00:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the University of Plymouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.23,0:00:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Letterpress is an old form\Nof mass production,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.56,0:00:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an old form of printing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.95,0:00:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invented around about 1450s\Nby Johannes Gutenberg.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.38,0:00:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This workshop tends\Nto work in the same way
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.02,0:00:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it did back in that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.10,0:00:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by using these pre-molded,\Nreusable letters
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.32,0:01:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made of metal and wood,\Nmoveable type,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.90,0:01:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can produce words and sentences
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.23,0:01:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and paragraphs and pages of text.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.89,0:01:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a 500 year old process\Nand it moves
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.92,0:01:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a 500 year old process.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.27,0:01:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It requires\Na greater degree of consideration
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.45,0:01:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're using this,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.22,0:01:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mainly because there are no quick\Nhighlight and change sizes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.10,0:01:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or typefaces like we can do on the computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.40,0:01:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where technology\Nhas really pushed forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.79,0:01:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we can change things\Nin an instant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.36,0:01:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here if you setup a paragraph\Nor a sentence,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.94,0:01:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you get it wrong\Nor if this--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.54,0:01:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you haven't planned your way forward\Nthrough that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.76,0:02:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you just have to take it all apart
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.83,0:02:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start all over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.32,0:02:07.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[chaotic music plays]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.10,0:02:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once you're there amongst it really,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.92,0:02:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know the layout of the case;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.65,0:02:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm familiar with all the letters\Nare in the boxes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.63,0:02:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mind tends to wander.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.25,0:02:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm listening to what students\Nare saying in the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.73,0:02:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm making sure their body language\Nis alright;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.08,0:02:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not struggling with things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.36,0:02:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bit by bit I'm putting my letters together
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.08,0:02:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know\Nwhats it's going to look like.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.80,0:02:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a vision\Nof what it's going to come out like.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.37,0:02:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm looking forward\Nto seeing it basically
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.71,0:02:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting it finished.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.49,0:03:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the process is quite therapeutic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.60,0:03:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can calmly put this thing together\Npiece by piece,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.13,0:03:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very enjoyable process.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.34,0:03:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music continues]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.14,0:03:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think Letterpress is going through--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.18,0:03:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going through a revival right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.14,0:03:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We almost, particularly this country,\Nnearly lost the lot
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.86,0:03:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and jumped on the Lithography bandwagon
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.94,0:03:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just threw everything else away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.39,0:03:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The equipment now\Nis becoming a highly sort-after now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.79,0:03:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're in the process of people wanting\Nto have this machinery
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.02,0:04:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get hold of it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.14,0:04:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's not easy now\Nbecause its difficult to find.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.30,0:04:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes even harder are spare parts
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.80,0:04:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bits and pieces like that and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.94,0:04:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's old school.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.17,0:04:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all nuts and bolts\Nand highly mechanical
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.49,0:04:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that makes life a little bit easier\Nfor us really,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.25,0:04:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are one or two pieces\Non each bit of kit
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.01,0:04:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are difficult to find.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.62,0:04:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's just the way it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.10,0:04:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[electronic music plays]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.48,0:05:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The quality of image produced\Nby Letterpress is quite sort after.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.04,0:05:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The inked in depression\Nthat is the characteristic mark
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.97,0:05:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,left in the sheet by the letters
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.04,0:05:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something that people\Ndon't see very often
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.58,0:05:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the laser print and inkjet
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.98,0:05:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't produce that anymore\Nand that's the familiarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.42,0:05:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when they see this,\Nit has the wow factor
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.48,0:05:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I always like to see the look
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.53,0:05:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a group of students come in\Nfor the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.83,0:05:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm showing them\Nhow the room operates and how it functions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.26,0:05:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how they function in the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.92,0:05:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very clear\Nthat they've not seen that before
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.74,0:05:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they really get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.74,0:05:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They really get\Nwhat the quality of that is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.58,0:05:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something that you can't really\Nreproduce in any other way.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.56,0:05:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that first look\Nat the quality of the way
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.15,0:05:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the type impresses into the paper,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.16,0:05:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very special.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.94,0:06:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The digital age does remove us\Nfrom the tactile work,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.15,0:06:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more hands on
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.32,0:06:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think there is a longing in our soul\Nto get back to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.19,0:06:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if we can't\Nthere is something about these places
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.96,0:06:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people want to occupy and try out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.97,0:06:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly as an art form,\Nit is very appealing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.14,0:06:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very current now,\Nwhether that will fade...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.71,0:06:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's interesting to note
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.75,0:06:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there are other universities around Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.23,0:06:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are opening their own Letterpress\Nstudios as we speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.18,0:06:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That really tells a story there I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.74,0:06:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this is here to stay.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.11,0:06:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[upbeat music plays]