Some, fortunately, ended up in the hands of hobby printers, collectors, poets, and artists–including those at Zygote Press and the Morgan Conservatory, both of which anchor the active letterpress scene in Cleveland. Most old presses were scrapped, given away, or sold cheaply at auction as the print shops closed. It may have something to do with our industrial heritage–abundant space to set up studios, and a wealth of old supplies that became available as old shops went out of business. While Cleveland was not an early center for the letterpress revival–like the San Francisco Bay area or Minneapolis–the letterpress scene here is thriving. But letterpress has become extremely popular in recent years. While moveable type once revolutionized the spread of the written word, offset lithography has been the dominant print technology since the middle of the twentieth century. Letterpress printing is an obsolete, painstakingly slow, cumbersome technology. Distribution rollers on a Vandercook Proofing Press
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