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Linotype Line Casting Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linotype_machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linotype_machine
by broswell 10y ago
Linotype Line Casting Machine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linotype_machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linotype_machine
- dredmorbius 10y agoI just ran across a video on how those work (through the History of Information website -- a dangerous timesink but an absolutely fascinating site). The flow of matrices, keyboard, roman and italic typefaces, justification, casting, and return mechanism for the matrices (keyed by teeth) is absolutely fascinating. A study in mechanical logic. Even the automated linotype -- via punched tape -- was only a bolted-on (literally) extension of the original. Here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6wHiddZOfa8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6wHiddZOfa8