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I found this worthwhile simply for the history of typesetting, regardless of the difficulties of printing mathematics. I did not realize how much went into typesetting and printing back in the day. Hard to believe daily papers were so prevalent back in the 1800s when it was so challenging to print anything at all! I definitely did not give printing enough credit in the pre-digital era. It's amazing!

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It's worth one day finding a printing press class and setting some type by hand. For one thing, what you'll produce is beautiful, and it really gives a sense of how much art, work, and mastery goes into type.

Indeed. In the SF Bay area, a good option for introductory hands-on learning about printing is the San Francisco Center for the Book: https://sfcb.org/

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