Do you have any job skills that are now obsolete? [View all]

[Diamond_Dog]

Me: I was very skilled at what was called 'paste-ups and mechanicals' in the graphic design world. In order to print any catalog, brochure, instruction manual, advertising, etc. I used to have to 'spec type,' which means determining how much space a particular typeface or font will fill at different font sizes. Then I would take the copy down to the typesetter at our print shop., and when he returned my type in the correct size, I cut it up to position it (paste it) onto a sheet of white cardboard on which I had drawn the dimensions of the graphic design element I was creating. Some projects took weeks of doing this. I also did illustration, ran the big commercial camera, and made proofs for the customers. Now all this can be done in the blink of an eye on a computer.

What special obsolete skills do you have?