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The last issue of The Saguache Crescent appears to have been in March 2023, so there may in fact be no Linotype machines still in operation in the USA. https:/

• WillAdams 3y ago
  I know at least one person who had one set up for personal use, so I suspect that would only be correct if emended to "...still in _commercial_ operation..." and you'd probably have to add "for printing in house". For context, Linotype alloy is still listed/sold: https://www.rotometals.com/linotype-alloy-5-pounds-4-tin-12-antimony-and-84-lead/ https://www.rotometals.com/linotype-alloy-5-pounds-4-tin-12-... and there was a recent Kickstarter in Europe to preserve one for usage: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755997589/the-magic-of-linotype-save-and-restart-a-printing https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755997589/the-magic-of... and I'm pretty sure that R.I.T. still has one in operation (a student when my daughter was there did a card which was typeset in Trajanus, which was a Linotype font).
• jdmitch 3y ago
  There are lots of Linotypes in use by hobbyists, and even commercial printers who don't do newspapers, but less regular, higher margin projects. DWRI letterpress in Rhode Island has a 'Linotype Daily' (https://dwriletterpress.net/the-linotype-daily-1 https://dwriletterpress.net/the-linotype-daily-1) which is no longer daily, but still semi-regular. Definitely not the same vibe as the Saguache Crescent though!