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Linotype
Lino
The Linotype was the first means of mechanized type composition; prior to this all type was handset. The Linotype produced completed lines of set type. It consisted of a series of magazines, a keyboard for assembling the matrices and a casting mechanism for producing the lines of metal type called slugs.It was primarily used in the newspapers.
Contributors
- Owen A Curran
- National Print Museum
Creator
- Linotype & Machinery Ltd
- Merganthaler, Ottmar
- Europeana
Publisher
- Dillon Productions http://www.dillonproductions.com/
Subject
- Typesetting
- Typesetting machines
- Newspaper publishing
Date
- 1948
- 1948
Contributors
- Owen A Curran
- National Print Museum
Creator
- Linotype & Machinery Ltd
- Merganthaler, Ottmar
- Europeana
Publisher
- Dillon Productions http://www.dillonproductions.com/
Subject
- Typesetting
- Typesetting machines
- Newspaper publishing
Date
- 1948
- 1948
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- ©National Print Museum
Temporal
- Late 19th century
- 20th century
- 19XX
- 20th century
Places
- London
- England
- England
- United Kingdom
Provenance
- Donated by Independent Newspaper Ltd, then known as The Irish Independent.
Source
- National Print Museum
Identifier
- http://nationalprintmuseum.ie/wp-content/uploads/collections/linotype.png
Language
- en
Year
- 1948
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-01-07T16:01:48.514Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2014-01-07T16:01:48.514Z