On April 27, 1791, Samuel Morse was born. Morse developed in the 1830s what became known as Morse Code, the primary language used in the transmission of messages using an electric telegraph machine. For today, Jared typeset SACRAMENTO in 36 point Cheltenham Bold Italic font. Luckily, the typecase had enough dashes and periods. This was printed with black rubber base ink using our Washington hand press. #OnThisDay #TodayInHistory #morsecode #morsecodeday #sacramento #history #museum #printing #pr

January 11th is National Learn Your Name In Morse Code Day! On this day in 1838, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail transmitted the first successful telegraph message. Morse developed in the 1830s what became known as Morse Code, the primary language used in the transmission of messages using an electric telegraph machine. For today, Jared typeset and letterpress printed “Sacramento” in Morse Code. This was actually a quite challenging video to create, not for the typesetting, but rather to find a typ