The technology of publishing is developing fast. The well-established process of bringing a book from the author's typescript (or handwriting) to print still involves the traditional stages of copy-editing, typesetting and proofreading, but the people concerned may be distributed around the face of the globe and working with computer typesetting, the internet and e-mail. Proofreading remains important not only for books, but for brochures and other promotional material, reports, and websites. Spell chequers are no substitute. Nothing creates a better negative impression than a single mistake.
Electronic typesetting sometimes comes in useful in producing replacement pages for a book undergoing repair, and so does traditional printing which is still done. Both have their place and long may it remain so. The poster at the top of the page is rendered in typefaces now available to web designers and closely matches a (file: poster.jpg text:poster) printed letterpress by Tilley’s Printing of Ledbury. Tilleys have a wonderful collection of wooden and lead type and have recently taken to printing poetry as posters, commissioned by Tinsmiths in connection with the Ledbury Poetry Festival, and pasting them up here and there around the town. If you are interested in publishing and printing and have the time to take the train to Antwerp ((link: http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en text:Eurostar)) visit the (link: http://www.museumplantinmoretus.be text:Plantin-Moretus Museum!). Tilley’s is not only like that, but it has never stopped operating in the time-honoured way!