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    Here is a deeply soothing bookmaking video for your Friday escape.

    Jonny Diamond
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    February 12, 2021, 10:24am

    “There could be weeks when nothing goes right.” So says 45-year-old typecaster—and last of a dwindling breed—Brian Ferret about his unlikely vocation. Brian handcrafts metal type, one by one, at Arion Press, using antique machinery to squeeze out a mix of hot lead, tin, and antimony into tiny beautiful letters.

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    Everyone in this video seems very kind and careful, and the only thing more soothing than their gentle voices is the clickety-clack of old machines fulfilling their obsolete functions. (Highly recommend, 10/10 would watch again.)

    Arion Press Brian Ferrett letterpress soothing typecasting

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