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CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. These records document primarily the history of typeface development at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company of Baltimore, Maryland. The company ...

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Economy-minded newspaper publishers have long nourished a dollar-saving daydream. In their profit-filled reverie, automatic machines turn reporters’ edited copy directly into metal type; no ...

In the matrix department of a type-setting machine there are only one-half as many matrices (type molds) for zeros as there are for the letter “e.” Ordinarily that supply is ample for run-of-mill ...