I find it interesting how everyone in this sub acts like a cracked sheet of Mecanorma or Letraset is some ultimate design tragedy, when in reality, it forced a level of manual dexterity and creative problem-solving that modern designers completely lack. Sure, it is frustrating when your lowercase letter splits right down the middle, but honestly, if you were relying purely on flawless factory transfers to make your composition look acceptable, was your visual hierarchy actually that strong to begin with? Playing devil's advocate here, the micro-fractures in aged adhesive gave analog typography a genuine tactile texture that no synthetic digital filter can replicate today. People complain about misaligned kerning as if manual optical spacing was not literally the core discipline of graphic art for decades. Maybe if people spent less time complaining about brittle film and more time mastering subtle burnishing pressure and blade control, they wouldn't have ruined half their stock. But I suppose it is always much easier to blame forty-year-old storage conditions than admit your hand technique might need work.