Re: Old machines

[ANDREAS PRIVE <andreasschweizer@xxxxxx>]

Le 6.4.2002 13:16, « Jef Tombeur » <jtombeur@xxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Below, you'll find a message I got from Andreas, from Switzerland...
> It's about old printing machines, &c.
> I think some members of this Typo-L mailing list could contribute some
> ideas, suggestions, to him.
> Otherwise, in the last issue of _Graphê_ (_Bulletin de l'Association
> pour la promotion de l'art typographique_, ie. a non-profitable society,
> willing to promote typography), our friend Frédéric Tachot, a member of
> the Convention typographique society, writes about his fears of not
> being able to maintain his own small type museum near Orleans, France.
> Fred has got three Monotypes, other machines, typefaces, punches, wooden
> letters, and is the founder of the _Format typographique_ association.
> Everything in working order, but it won't last long...
> He has find very poor local support, is despairing and threatining to
> break all his machines...
> « n'arrivant pas à nous faire comprendre, (...) nous détruirons ce que
> nous avons construit car l'avenir se bâtit sur des ruines. »
> (as I cannot make myself understood (...) I will destroy it all as the
> future is built upon ruins).
> So, Andreas is trying to have the Unesco and others interested in what
> he does, in what Tachot does, and what others have done to help built up
> some International Type Heritage Union...
> Suggestions are welcome...
> 
> Here's Andreas message...
> 
> We try at Lettres et Images,  in "our corner" to give an answer by
> sharing
> an on-line and multilingual knowledge tools for Monotype caster and
> keyboard.
> http://www.letterpress.ch/APINET/FMAF.FRAMSET/FMAF.MAINFRAME.html
> This should be done for all type of casting machines (Linotype,
> Intertype,
> Ludlow, Thomsom, and mould, etc.).
> 
> I visit in december the Imprimerie National in Paris and the punching
> cabinet with Mrs Paput.
> http://www.imprimerienationale.fr/impnat.asp?Page=groupe510&IdNav=groupe
> 5
> The caster man retires in some weeks, without having a fellow continuing
> his
> work. The november issue of the The Printer (thanks Mike) reports about.
> 
> Letterpress and typecasting will only go trought this new century if the
> International letterpress and type caster community comes together in an
> international foundation linking the Imprimerie Nationale, Haas foudery,
> Anchor presss Museum, Plantin Museum,Letters et Images Association with
> all
> other national and local institution and private presses concerned with
> the
> subjects.
> 
> This International Type Heritage Union initiative must also generat the
> support of major type industries, like Agfa Monotype, Adobe, Microsoft,
> ATypi   etc.
> 
> By grouping on an International level, and having a cross-country
> strategy
> (like all institution wrinting a support letter to the other intitution
> governement (for example the Ministère de la Culture in France for
> support
> to the Imprimerie National).
> 
> We have to bring our effort to convinced authorities that this industry
> has
> a cultural dimension linked to Mankind and world heritage.
> The industries (like Imprimerie Nationale are not concerned about the
> heritage dimension, they are industries with their rules.)
> Letterpress and typecasting is a Industrial heritage. The Nomination of
> the
> Plantin Museum in the worls register is an important step for our
> communities. But such nomination gives priority to the hardware
> artefacts.
> What about the knowledge ?  Knowledge and keeping
> the tradition make it alive.
> 
> http://www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm/2001/nominations_2001/belgium/officin
> a_pl
> antiniana_form.htm
> 
> Final object, is a UNESCO program to save the International Type
> heritage of
> mankind for a living letterpress and type tradition.
> 
> We are all concerned about, and probably we have only some years to
> achive
> it (2-or 5 years). After it will be too late, the craftsmen are retired
> or
> dead.
> 
> We will put our effort  this year 2002 on this project: creating an
> International Type Heritage Union initiative.
> 
> Are you concerned about let us know by writing an intention mail at
> typeheritage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> with your mail and e-mail adresses. Push this mail in all letterpress,
> types
> or casting places !
> 
> 
Jef 

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