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Letterpress Is All the Rage -- and Part of Its History Is Being Preserved in Arizona
By Claire Lawton
NT: And you're a Scotsman.
FitzRoi: Well, when I'm in character, aye.
NT: And the rest of the time?
FitzRoi: Maybe a wee, wee bit of a Scot. The rest of the time, I'm Mormon French.
NT: Of course you are. And what do you say to people who think that doing this Renaissance thing means you're a total loser?
FitzRoi: So far, no one has ever told me this is peculiar. When people see me in costume, I'm givin' them somethin': history, or a look at me kilt, or a spoon I made. When I tell people what I do, they're fascinated. They see me at the Renaissance Festival, and it's a kind of history lesson. It's all great crack.
NT: I'm sorry?
FitzRoi: In Scotland, havin' great fun is called crack, m'lad.
NT: Speaking of cracks, what are you wearing under that skirt?
FitzRoi: Lipstick, me boy!
