The Linotype machine (/ˈlaɪnətaɪp/ LYNE-ə-type) is a "line casting" machine used in printing which is manufactured and sold by the former Mergenthaler...
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The Mergenthaler Linotype Company is a corporation founded in the United States in 1886 to market the Linotype machine (/ˈlaɪnəˌtaɪp, -noʊ-/), a system...
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Linotype may refer to: Linotype machine, a typesetting machine, once commonly used for newspapers Mergenthaler Linotype Company (later, Linotype GmbH)...
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machine keyboards (such as Linotype and Intertype) were arranged by descending letter frequency to speed up the mechanical operation of the machine,...
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Palatino (redirect from Palatino Linotype)
Stempel foundry and later by other companies, most notably the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. Named after the 16th-century Italian master of calligraphy Giambattista...
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Ottmar Mergenthaler (section Invention of the Linotype)
invented the linotype machine, the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses. This machine revolutionized...
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Hot metal typesetting (section Linotype)
casting created crisp new type for each printing job. In the case of Linotype machines, each line was cast as a robust continuous block (hence "line o'type")...
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The Linograph typesetting machine was a "line casting" machine, modeled on the Linotype machine, that was used in letterpress printing. It was manufactured...
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Linotype or eutectic alloy is a broad name applied to five categories of lead alloys used in manufacture of type, especially for the Linotype machine...
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presidents were Pilch (1968–1973) and Bevis (1974–1978). The Mergenthaler linotype machine was used by newspaper printers from the 1880s to the 1970s. Technological...
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Typesetting (redirect from Typesetting machine)
the type to be used, hence are termed "hot metal" typesetting. The Linotype machine, invented in 1884, used a keyboard to assemble the casting matrices...
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been used in other non-typewriter typesetting systems such as the Linotype machine and the TeX system. Modern computer-based digital fonts can adjust...
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century). It has also been used in other typesetting systems such as the Linotype machine and the TeX system. Modern computer-based digital fonts can adjust...
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Verena Conzett (section Investment in linotype machine)
narrowly escaping bankruptcy. A decade later, she acquired a Linotype typesetting machine and expanded the business into the Conzett & Huber publishing...
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a matrix-case and inserted into a casting machine, which casts the required sorts (or, in a Linotype machine, a solid block for each line) for a page composition...
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derived from ETAOIN SHRDLU, the arrangement of the letter keys on a Linotype machine, arranged in descending order of usage frequency in English. SHRDLU...
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Simplified Arabic (category Linotype typefaces)
allowed Arabic text to be composed using a Linotype machine. It was first announced in 1959 as Mrowa-Linotype Simplified Arabic. The font was developed...
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German-American inventor of the Linotype machine Sara Mergenthaler (born 1979), American sports sailor Mergenthaler Linotype Company, a US corporation founded...
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widespread until its demise in the 1970s. The first machine of this type was the Linotype machine, invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler. During a brief transitional...
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Monotype system (redirect from Monotype machine)
most significant differences from the competing Linotype machine are that it is divided into two machines, the Monotype keyboard and the Monotype caster...
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join The Courier as a linotype operator and reporter. Even after witnessing Mr. Smith's speed and precision with the linotype machine, Doug tries to talk...
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fed into a Linotype machine with a tape reader at the printing plant. (The tape reader could be retrofitted to an existing Linotype machine, but also special...
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newspapers. It supported the 90 printable characters characters of a Linotype machine, plus whitespace characters. The TTS code had two pairs of shift codes...
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heavily in new technology, such as the Hoe rotary printing press and the linotype machine, but bitterly fought against the unionized workers for control of his...
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ciphering system," which, eventually, led to the ASCII of today. 1884: The Linotype machine where the matrices are sorted to their corresponding channels after...
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relationship with Mergenthaler Linotype Company, as one of just a few producers of matrices for the Linotype machine worldwide and the only one in Europe...
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Monotype Imaging (redirect from Lanston Monotype Machine Company)
particularly useful for "quality" printing - such as books. In contrast, the Linotype machine—a direct competitor—formed a complete line of type in one bar. Editing...
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Univers (redirect from Linotype numbering system)
in this form. Univers was rapidly licensed and re-released by Monotype, Linotype, American Type Founders, IBM and others for phototypesetting, for metal...
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newspaper published in Saguache, Colorado, notable for continuing to use a Linotype to produce each issue long after most newspapers have adopted electronic...
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technology could also be used in office environments where hot-metal machines (the Linotype, Intertype or Monotype) could not. The use of phototypesetting grew...
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