City officials unearthed a piece of history Monday when they discovered an old 1,100-pound Linotype machine in the vacant Higginbotham Printing building that was being demolished by city crews. Like ...
Columbus Dispatch: From the editor: Linotype machine from newspaper history needs new home
Columbus Dispatch: From the editor: Last Dispatch Linotype machine has new home in museum
The old type-setting machine I wrote about a few weeks ago drew more comments than I ever would have imagined. After all, the Linotype machine, manufactured by the Mergenthaler Linotype Co. of New ...
From the editor: Last Dispatch Linotype machine has new home in museum
The last linotype machine newspaper in America is the Saguache Crescent in Saguache, Colorado. It’s a story worth printing, although publisher Dean Combs doesn’t need to. News outlets from around the ...
Before digital printing, there were Linotype operators, or typesetters, who used the Linotype machine to print the written word. The machine was introduced in 1884 using hot metal blocks to imprint ...
The Indianapolis Star: From the editor: Last Dispatch Linotype machine has new home in museum
The Linotype brand has long been an integral part of the type community and its typefaces are and always will be a cherished part of the Monotype library. We’re committed to honoring Linotype’s vital heritage within the industry and will soon be publishing a deep dive into the history of the foundry with voices from its very beginnings.
Aber die Linotype-Bibliothek und die Geschichten, die mit ihren Schriften erzählt werden, werden weiterleben. Wir sind sehr dankbar für Ihre Unterstützung und freuen uns, das Erbe von Linotype in diesem neuen Kapitel fortzuführen.