Next Thursday, September 25th, join us at Houston’s own The Printing Museum for an exclusive screening of the feature-length documentary “Linotype: The Film”, from director Doug Wilson. Dubbed the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by Thomas Edison, the machine was invented by German-b...
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Equipped with 2 or 4 magazines carrying Special Extra Wide 72 and Extra Wide 90-channel main magazines. The 90-channel magazines carry 24 pt. normal faces and the 72-channel magazines carry 36 pt. faces. The 72-90 feature machine requires a special channel entrance change when shifting from 90 to 72-channel magazines and vice versa and in addition there were other changes, five or six, necessary before matrices could be assembled.
This machine was first exhibited at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, in April 1914. It was very similar to the Model 8, having three magazines, a Model 8 changing mechanism universal ejector, water cooled mold disk etc. The main feature of the machine was a narrow auxiliary magazine, placed besides the three regular magazines and in a plane with them. The matrices contained in this auxiliary magazine were released by means of an escapement mechanism connected directly (that is, without a ke
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Mergenthaler Linotype Machine :: The McCune Collection: Linotype Model 8
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Some great photos and a video of this rare Model 1 Linotype typesetting machine in operation from Mendoza, Argentina
De Vinne (Linotype) in use. MyFonts describes this De Vinne as a revival of Bruce’s No. 11. It was released by Linotype in 1902. It appears Linotype soon replaced the face with their Modern series, because De Vinne does not appear in catalogs after 1920. Bitstream’s revival (Roman and Italic, both also in a slightly sturdier Text cut) is the only available digital version of this design with the name De Vinne. Compugraphic’s phototype version was once digitized but now off the market. Despite its name, this typeface doesn’t seem to have anything specific to do with Theodore Low De Vinne except that No. 11 appears in Text Types of the De Vinne Press, a collection of specimens from various sources. Or it may be because De Vinne commonly used this style of type (though in the sturdier Century evolution). This face should not be confused with the very different De Vinne (Central/ATF) and DeVinne Ornamental.
Mel Van Dusen presents the Linotype (model #5) as demonstrated by Jim Gard at Willys Peck's printing museum.
Linotype Holiday Pi FONT Download - This package contains three sets of symbols for a variety of vacation-related subjects, including sports, travel, hobbies, weather, dining, and entertainment
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Mergenthaler linotype machine 1895 - Invented in 1884, the linotype replaced traditional typesetting by creating a process where an operator transcribes text onto a keyboard, which triggers a process of casting slugs from molten lead stored in the machine. The slugs form letters in the correct order, which are dropped into a printing plate.
“Linotype: The Film” is a feature-length documentary centered around the Linotype type casting machine. Supposedly called the “Eighth Wonder of…
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