Friday, March 9, 2012

The Linotype Machine | 1886 AD

Who is credited with the invention of the typewriter?
Christopher Sholes
What is a "stenographer"?
Someone with skilled transcription of speech
Post an example of Shole's typewriter.

Why did Sholes send a prototype of his typewriter to Clephane?
Well known and reliable transcriber
After the typewriter began production, why did Clephane pursue another machine?
Unsparing tests
Who spent a year redesigning Clephane's typesetting machine?
Ottmar Mergenthaler

What is meant by "typesetting"?
Textual material in type
Post an example of Linotype Machine.

How does the Linotype Machine differ from the typewriter?
Mechanical rather than by hand
How did this machine change the newspaper industry?
More efficient and faster producing
Post an example of a Linotype keyboard.

How did the keyboard of the Linotype Machine differ from keyboards that we use today?
Farther spaced apart and in a different order
Post an example of a Linotype slug.

What is a slug?
Molds or letter forms
Post an example of a person operating a Linotype Machine.

Why is the Linotype Machine the greatest advanced in printing since movable type?Most efficient and rapid

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