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Why is agate called "agate"?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by HejiraHenry, May 8, 2008.

  1. TheMethod

    TheMethod Member

    While we're at it, can anybody explain the origin of "-30-" at the bottom of releases?
     
  2. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    Yes.

    We choose not to.
     
  3. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Telegraph code, buddy. -30- signifies "the end". Like such:

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  4. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    My publisher at my old paper decided people couldn't read 6-point agate, so he made us switch to 7-point. Hilarity ensued when scoreboard started spilling onto two full pages.
     
  5. TheMethod

    TheMethod Member

    Why does the number 30 indicate the end of something?
     
  6. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    I believe it had something to do with the telegraph. You'd have to ask the people that invented that machine.
     
  7. fishwrapper

    fishwrapper Active Member

    I've posted this answer before. Historically, it's very cool.
    And, I was able to find it...

     
  8. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    That's just whose answer I was searching for. Fishy delivers, as always.
     
  9. fishwrapper

    fishwrapper Active Member

    I still love journalism. When I was younger, I loved asking veterans about the business.
    Amazing the stories you could get for a beer or two-fingers of scotch.
     
  10. zebracoy

    zebracoy Guest

  11. greenlantern

    greenlantern Guest

    I thought this thread had to do with the door on a fence.
     
  12. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    Now you've pissed me off. I'm so f***ing old, I actually know these things.
    If somebody asks what a linotype is, I'm gonna fall out of my rocking chair.
     
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