the craft of letters

Typecaster seeks apprentice. (From GirlHacker, who picked Rebecca’s pocket.)

I have a friend who used to cast his own bullets; dunno whether he still does. Sometimes he used wheel-balancing weights discarded (why??) by car mechanics, and sometimes he used an alloy called “Linotype metal”. Since he also runs a press (offset) for his organization’s leaflets and newsletters, I imagine he took delight in the symbolic junction of two key freedoms.

Oh by the way, a tip for leadfounders: it stinks up the room a lot less if you put a layer of cat-litter on top of the metal.