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The Mergenthaler Linotype Company is a corporation founded in the United States in 1886 to market the Linotype machine ( / ˈlaɪnəˌtaɪp, - noʊ -/ ), a system to cast metal type in lines (linecaster) invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler.
The Linotype machine (/ ˈ l aɪ n ə t aɪ p / LYNE-ə-type) is a "line casting" machine used in printing which is manufactured and sold by the former Mergenthaler Linotype Company and related companies.
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Ottmar Mergenthaler (11 May 1854 – 28 October 1899) was a German-American inventor who 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 the art of printing.
Jun 8, 2022 · Ottmar Mergenthaler, a German immigrant in Baltimore, Maryland, is the man most closely associated with the linotype. An engineer by trade and a clockmaker by experience, Mergenthaler was part of the team that was contracted in 1876 to invent a copying machine to speed up the work of court stenographer.
Mergenthaler Linotype Company Records NMAH.AC.0666 Page 1 of 198 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: Mergenthaler Linotype Company Records Date: 1886-1997 Identifier: NMAH.AC.0666 Creator: Mergenthaler Linotype Co. (Creator) Extent: 108 Cubic feet (257 boxes, 1 map-folder)
May 20, 2011 · Mergenthaler Linotype Company lives on as one as a dispenser of fonts, sporting "one of the world's largest font libraries, offering more than 10,500 high-quality typefaces," according to its...
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company, established in 1886 (as Mergenthaler Printing Company) has a rich and interesting history. It included tumultuous arguments with the eponymous inventor, lawsuits, patent fights, mergers, acquisitions—and also technological innovations, hard workers, great artists and daring visionaries.
