oct 14, 1886 - 1886 linotype machine ottmar mergenthaler

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The operator selects a magazine containing brass matrices to mold an entire font of type of the size and face specified in the copy at hand. A keyboard is driven by paper or magnetic computer tape to select the matrices needed to create each line of text. Each matrix is transported to an assembling unit at the mold.

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