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Hot metal typesetting machine (1886–1980s)
The Linotype machine (/ˈlaɪnəˌtaɪp/ LY-nə-type) is a "line casting" machine used in printing which is manufactured and sold by the former Mergenthaler
Linotype_machine
Typesetting equipment manufacturer
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company was a company founded in the United States in 1886 to market the Linotype machine (/ˈlaɪnəˌtaɪp, -noʊ-/), a system to
Mergenthaler_Linotype_Company
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Linotype in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Linotype may refer to: Linotype machine, a typesetting machine, once commonly used for newspapers
Linotype
German-American inventor (1854–1899)
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
Ottmar_Mergenthaler
Weekly newspaper in Colorado, USA
newspaper published in Saguache, Colorado, notable for continuing to use a Linotype to produce each issue long after most newspapers have adopted electronic
The_Saguache_Crescent
Common metal-type printing error
in the days of hot type publishing. It resulted from the custom of Linotype machine operators intentionally typing the words by sliding a finger over columns
Etaoin_shrdlu
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
Linotype_(alloy)
Mechanical analog method for text composition
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")
Hot_metal_typesetting
American politician and lawyer (1832–1914)
association with Ottmar Mergenthaler and the manufacturing of his linotype machine. Lemon Galpin Hine was born on April 14, 1832, on a farm in Berlin
Lemon_G._Hine
9th episode of the 4th season of The Twilight Zone
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
Printer's_Devil
American daily newspaper
The linotype was an automatic, keyboard-operated machine that had been invented about 20 years earlier and still was not in common use. The linotype clicked
Kenosha_News
Blank area that separates text
been used in other non-typewriter typesetting systems such as the Linotype machine and the TeX system. Modern computer-based digital fonts can adjust
Space_(punctuation)
Typesetting system
most significant differences from the competing Linotype machine are that it is divided into two machines, the Monotype keyboard and the Monotype caster
Monotype_system
Serif typeface
Stempel foundry and later by other companies, most notably the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. Palatino is optimised for legibility with open counters, balanced
Palatino
Means by which a user interacts with and controls a machine
and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine from the human end, while the machine simultaneously
User_interface
American weekly newspaper in Nebraska
Carroll. Glen Howard purchased the paper in 1914 and he installed a new linotype machine and modern printing equipment. Howard worked on the paper until his
Ashland_Gazette
Surname list
German-American inventor of the Linotype machine Sara Mergenthaler (born 1979), American sports sailor Mergenthaler Linotype Company, a US corporation founded
Mergenthaler
Punctuation to signal the end of a sentence (.)
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
Full_stop
German typographic foundry
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
Stempel_Type_Foundry
Composition of text by means of arranging physical types or digital equivalents
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
Typesetting
Typeface
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
Simplified_Arabic
Line casting machine in letterpress printing
The Linograph typesetting machine was a "line casting" machine, modeled on the Linotype machine, that was used in letterpress printing. It was manufactured
Linograph_typesetting_machine
American businessman and politician
the typewriter, the graphophone, and the linotype machine. He has been called the "father of the linotype machine", and the development of mechanical typesetting
James_O._Clephane
Historic home in Los Angeles, California
authors. Browne set up his printshop there as well, equipping it with a linotype machine, a drum cylinder press, a Kluge automatic feeder platen press, and
Abbey_San_Encino
Device for transmitting messages in written form by electrical signals
on a Linotype machine. The "operating unit" was essentially a tape reader which actuated a mechanical box, which in turn operated the Linotype's keyboard
Teleprinter
Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
their working Linotype machine on the ground level with artifacts of Ottmar Mergenthaler’s life and invention and another Linotype machine on the second
Bad_Mergentheim
American typesetting and typeface design 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
Monotype_Imaging
Weekly newspaper published in Long Beach, Washington
making it one of Washington's larger weekly newspapers. The original Linotype machine, a Mergenthaler, was taken out of service in the 1970s and is on loan
Chinook_Observer
Former newspaper in Arizona
it to Francis Connolly. At the time, the paper had one carrier, one linotype machine, and a circulation of 110. Connolly published the News until his death
Tempe_Daily_News
Computer program for understanding natural language
derived from ETAOIN SHRDLU, the arrangement of the letter keys on a Linotype machine, arranged in descending order of usage frequency in English. SHRDLU
SHRDLU
1952 film by Samuel Fuller
offices, she encounters Ottmar Mergenthaler, who is busy inventing the Linotype machine to automate the slow, laborious process of setting type by hand. She
Park_Row_(film)
Set of characters that share common design features
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
Typeface
Encoded data represented in binary notation
ciphering system," which, eventually, led to the ASCII of today. 1884: The Linotype machine where the matrices are sorted to their corresponding channels after
Binary_code
Defunct American newspaper
than the linotype machines still used by the Tribune and most other New York newspapers. TTS required less skill than the complex linotype machines, and publishers
New_York_Herald_Tribune
One of the character encodings used to transmit information by telegraphy
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
Telegraph_code
Mould used to cast letter blocks (sorts) used in printing
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
Matrix_(printing)
Swiss publisher and labor activist (1861–1947)
narrowly escaping bankruptcy. A decade later, she acquired a Linotype typesetting machine and expanded the business into the Conzett & Huber publishing
Verena_Conzett
Computer encoding of characters
newspapers. It supported the 90 printable characters characters of a Linotype machine, plus whitespace characters. The TTS code had two pairs of shift codes
Six-bit_character_code
Process for reproducing text and images
Inventor of the Printing Press Archived April 6, 2023, at the Wayback Machine "Cat 262: Printed dated copy of the Diamond Sutra". idp.bl.uk. Archived
Printing
Photographical analog method for text composition
technology could also be used in office environments where hot-metal machines (the Linotype, Intertype or Monotype) could not. The use of phototypesetting grew
Phototypesetting
Manufacturer of die cast toy vehicles
trade paper called the National Laundry Journal and later purchased a linotype machine to cast metal buttons and cuff links related to the laundry business
TootsieToy
Day of the year
1886 – The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand. 1890 – Idaho is admitted as the 43rd
July_3
Former Neighborhood in New York City
cultural, educational, and journalistic minds. It was in Little Syria the linotype machine was first modified to produce Arabic characters, which transformed
Little_Syria,_Manhattan
American journalist, diplomat and historian (1837–1912)
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
Whitelaw_Reid
Defunct American newspaper
Tribune became the first publication in the world to be printed on a linotype machine, which was invented by a German immigrant, inventor Ottmar Mergenthaler
New-York_Tribune
Metal casting process
hand-operated machine for the purpose of mechanized printing type production. In 1885 Ottmar Mergenthaler invented the Linotype machine, which cast an
Die_casting
Grotesque sans-serif typeface
Helvetica Forever and Ulrich Stiehl shows Linotype sales material saying that it was "taken over to the Linotype machine" in 1958, although Eskilson reports
Akzidenz-Grotesk
Unit of space one col. wide by 1" high.
available space. This harks back to the days of the late 19th century linotype machine and its relatively uniform newspaper column-widths, echoed in the phototypesetting
Column_inch
Major manufacturer of armored vehicles during World War II
companies such as Borsig, Schwartzkopff, Typography (Linotype machine) and Fritz Werner machine tools into the German Industrial Equipment Company. The
Alkett
Solid plate resulting from the application of a stereotyping technique
foundry type, slug casting machines like the Linotype machine, individual letter casting machines as in the Monotype machine, or the metal used for backing
Stereotype_(printing)
Typewriter used to produce Japanese script
machine were often used by printers for phototypesetting, or printed through cyanotype, and later with photocopiers. From 1930, the Japanese Linotype
Japanese_typewriter
Text generated to fill space or provide unremarkable and/or standardised text
appeared in print in the days of "hot type" publishing due to a custom of Linotype machine operators. "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." is one of the most common
Filler_text
has been called a second Gutenberg because of his invention of the Linotype machine. Otto Metzger: Inventor of an impact-extrusion process for forming
List of German inventors and discoverers
List_of_German_inventors_and_discoverers
Serif typeface
Monotype originally created Times New Roman for its typesetting machines, but its rival, Linotype, rapidly began to offer its version of the typeface with subtle
Times_New_Roman
Serif typeface
typeface designed by William Addison Dwiggins in 1938 for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company and commonly used in book design. As a transitional serif design
Caledonia_(typeface)
Weekly newspaper published in Crescent City, California
Potter purchased the Triplicate, and then updated the press to a linotype machine. At that time Juza owned the Gold Beach Reporter, which he soon sold
Del_Norte_Triplicate
1896 book by Charles Sheldon
Jack Manning, a man who lost his job 10 months earlier due to the Linotype machine making him redundant, collapses in Rev. Maxwell's church, and later
In_His_Steps
American baseball player and coach (1892–1970)
of high school to enter the printer's trade, learning to operate a linotype machine. When career advancement proved difficult in that trade, and after
Ray_Schalk
German actor, playwright and inventor (1771–1834)
stereotyping, Friedrich Koenig's steam press and Ottmar Mergenthaler's linotype machine in its innovative effect. It made printing more affordable and available
Alois_Senefelder
Weekly newspaper published in Redmond, Oregon
printing and production. A typesetting machine was soon added. In January 1912, a new 1,200-pound linotype machine was installed to further improve the
The_Redmond_Spokesman
1948 incorrect American newspaper headline
about a year before the 1948 election, the printers who operated the linotype machines at the Chicago Tribune and other Chicago papers had been on strike
Dewey_Defeats_Truman
1968 novel by Andrew Garve
electronic composition was 60 times faster. Using the old method of the linotype machine, the cost of producing the book would be about four dollars at the
The_Long_Short_Cut
Typewriter invented by George Canfield Blickensderfer
order. Another machine that had its keys arranged in a scientific order, although not designed for home use, was the Linotype machine, with the first
Blickensderfer_typewriter
Metal alloys used in traditional typefounding and hot metal typesetting
somewhere in the channels of the machine. Nozzles can be blocked by antimony crystals. Eutectic alloys are used on Linotype-machines and Ludlow-casters to prevent
Type_metal
Retrieved January 4, 2020. "NIHF Inductee Ottmar Mergenthaler and the Linotype Machine". www.invent.org. June 5, 2024. Archived from the original on May 20
List of National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees
List_of_National_Inventors_Hall_of_Fame_inductees
Lebanese journalist and publisher (1915–1966)
Because of this simplification, Arabic could be composed with a standard Linotype machine with a single 90-channel magazine, greatly increasing the speed of
Kamel_Mrowa
North American trade union
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
International Typographical Union
International_Typographical_Union
Short name given to a newspaper article in production
printers set type by hand in a small form called a stick. Later huge Linotype machines turned molten lead into casts of letters, lines, sentences and paragraphs
Slug_(publishing)
Aspect of newspaper history
were dilapidated; the Linotype machines were leased. With Jones left his expertise on how to manage the rusted printing machines. The men soon discovered
History of The New York Times (1851–1896)
History_of_The_New_York_Times_(1851–1896)
The fair's literary "tableau . . . fills a downtown district where linotype machines and printing presses once whirred." The neighborhood was an early
Printers_Row_Lit_Fest
Lathe with a controlled cutting process
(such as Linotype machines). Mechanical screw machines have been replaced to some extent by CNC lathes (turning centers) and CNC screw machines. However
Automatic_lathe
How often each letter appears in written language
with the most extreme differences concerning letterforms not shared. Linotype machines for the English language assumed the letter order, from most to least
Letter_frequency
Geometric and humanist sans-serif typeface
family created by William Addison Dwiggins and released by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company in 1929. Metro was Dwiggins's first typeface, which he created
Metro_(typeface)
Newspaper in Virginia City, Nevada
the paper. Other exhibits include antique printing presses, an early Linotype machine, a proof press, stone composing tables (one of which Mark Twain and
Territorial_Enterprise
Defunct American newspaper
Wanamakers. It was the first newspaper in Philadelphia to use the Linotype machine. After Rodman Wanamaker died in 1928, the paper was bought by J. David
The_Philadelphia_Record
Greek newspaper
abandoned because of technical difficulties arising from the change from linotype machines to computer-editing. Estia did not switch to a modern computer system
Estia
Neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface
protect. So, if you wanted to buy a typesetting machine and wanted the real Helvetica, you had to buy Linotype. If you opted to purchase Compugraphic, AM,
Helvetica
American computer company
subsequent editing of text intended to be set into type, either on a Linotype machine or on photocomposition equipment from manufacturers such as AM/Varityper
Information_Control_Systems
American publishing company
bookstore became Deseret News Bookstore. By 1906, Deseret News press had a Linotype machine and dedicated book press. Many significant volumes were published and
Deseret_Book_Company
German type designer and calligrapher
rapid development in print technology, which saw the invention of the Linotype machine in 1886, the Monotype System in 1887, and the offset press in 1907
Rudolf_Koch
Hebrew-language newspaper
fourth floor were the newspaper's editorial offices, along with three Linotype machines, the printing manager's room, and the proofreaders' room. The printing
HaYom
Newspaper in Orangeburg, South Carolina
Mergenthaler Linotype machine at a cost of $3,600. J. Izlar Sims, then 16 years old, was sent to New York City to learn how to operate the new machine that was
The_Times_and_Democrat
Australian journalist (1939–2023)
which is a means, not an end, like the one-finger typewriter and the linotype machine. In recent years, some of the best journalists have been eased out
John_Pilger
Neighborhood in Havana, Cuba
typographic process is carried out using ancient techniques through a Linotype machine from 1900. Eight people work on the publication, three of whom are
Havana_Chinatown
"the Sage of Baltimore" Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854–1899), inventor of linotype machine that revolutionized the art of printing Joe Metheny (1955–2017), murderer
List_of_people_from_Baltimore
American typesetting systems company
typography for magazines, newspapers and advertising was set using Linotype machines, which physically placed metal type forms (not unlike those found
Compugraphic
the invention of the hot type machine by Ottmar Mergenthaler (Linotype machine, 1886) and Tolbert Lanston (Monotype machine, 1887) and a few decades later
History_of_Western_typography
Aspect of technological change
drafting board, and digital desktop publishing converged with the Linotype machine and the letterpress." Gilder believes that computers had come not to
Technological_convergence
Old-style serif typeface
Tschichold (1902–1974) in the period 1964–1967. It was released jointly by the Linotype, Monotype, and Stempel type foundries in 1967. The design of the roman
Sabon
later from the sales. The "Barcellos, Bertaso and Co." acquired a linotype machine, the first in the state, and in 1922 began to publish books leading
History_of_books_in_Brazil
Indian publisher
the top storey of another house was also rented by CPI. An English Linotype machine was established on the Khetwadi Road building, and New Age Printing
People's Publishing House (India)
People's_Publishing_House_(India)
Newspaper in Novato, California
Cassius Clay Olmstead from San Diego. They bought new presses and a Linotype machine. In January 1921, C.C. Olmstead sold the paper to E.L. Kynoch. Franc
Marin_Independent_Journal
Historic house in Connecticut, United States
Paige's typesetting machine never functioned properly and was overcome by competition from Ottmar Mergenthaler's linotype machine backed by Whitelaw Reid
Mark_Twain_House
Libertarian Lib-Lab Liberal-Labour (UK) limo limousine lino linoleum Linotype machine lit literature lit crit literary criticism lo-cal low-calorie log logarithm
List of English abbreviations made by shortening words
List_of_English_abbreviations_made_by_shortening_words
History of Germans
has been called a second Gutenberg because of his invention of the Linotype machine. Abbie Mitchell, a soprano opera singer. Herman N. Neuberger, an Orthodox
History of Germans in Baltimore
History_of_Germans_in_Baltimore
Day of the year
1899 – Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (born 1854) 1900 – Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (born
October_28
Chemical element with atomic number 51 (Sb)
lead shot, electrical cable sheathing, type metal (for example, for Linotype machines), solder (some "lead-free" solders contain 5% Sb), in pewter, and
Antimony
Weekly newspaper published in Kimball, Nebraska
Western Nebraska Observer in 1886. The paper moved from hand press to linotype machine in November 1915, and to offset printing in 1964. Robert J Pinkerton
Western_Nebraska_Observer
believed in. The Tribune was the first newspaper, in 1886, to use the linotype machine, invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler, which rapidly increased the speed
History of American journalism
History_of_American_journalism
village blacksmith shop and forge, working offset printing press and Linotype machine, operated by the Amana Heritage Society Homestead Store Museum Homestead
List_of_museums_in_Iowa
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