April 26th, 2026. Sunday. Just finished running some ink on type that we cast two days ago.
The type looks fantastic in the press, and on the paper. It was both rewarding to see, but also frustrating considering the state of the comp caster at the moment. I'm still thinking that the jaw tong spring box is the problem. We switched wedges and set the machine to cast 12 point, 12 set. C mat case arrangement. Straight forward stuff for Monotype. No matter. The machine still delivered as English Monotype calls it: "Derangements", indeed. Derangements for the deranged. Will continue to test tomorrow. Again, this is all for one postcard-sized poem. I love it. Laborious Quality Imperfection. It's what humans do, And I will celebrate humanity in this way.