I saw a demo of one of these Linotype machines long ago. It totally fascinated my ten-year-old self. IIRC, I tried to get the operator to give me a line of type

I saw a demo of one of these Linotype machines long ago. It totally fascinated my ten-year-old self. IIRC, I tried to get the operator to give me a line of type. He wouldn't -- something about lead being toxic.