Definition: LUDLOW

Definition: LUDLOW

An American Sign Language definition is provided by Brian Brizendine.

LUDLOW: an early form used in newspaper printing that used hand-set characters to create type.

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Drs. John S. and Betty J. Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center Collection

2019

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American Sign Language

The video begins with a title slide featuring a line drawing of a figure depicting the handshapes L-U-D-L-O-W for the vocabulary term, Ludlow. Next in a video recording, Brian Brizendine, a white older man, defines the term in American Sign Language. He stands in front of a blue screen in a film studio.

Going all the way back to “ancient” eras, before Linotype, printing we used Ludlow type. You may have seen before, something called California Case, this was where you had to create text by selecting each letter and placing them individually. It was very time consuming. Some became skilled with this, and could quickly pull the type and create text for printing. After Linotype, printing could be done much faster, and then Cold Type was even quicker! It changed everything.

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