In this Book
- History of the Linotype Company
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: RIT Press
summary
From the Victorian era to the start of the twenty-first century, the Mergenthaler Linotype Company dominated the typesetting and printing industries. Unlike previous books which have ended with the invention of the Linotype, Frank Romano tells the rest of the story. This book details the products, the people, and the corporate activities that kept the company ahead of its competition in hot metal, phototypesetting, and pre-press technology. Over ten corporate entities eventually formed the U.S. manufacturer, which ended its corporate life as a division of a German press maker. What began in 1886 ended finally in May 2013, when the Linotype Library division of Monotype Imaging was closed down. After 127 years, the last resting place of the history of the Linotype Company is in this book.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-4
- 5. The Logotype and Other Competitors
- pp. 115-128
- 6. The Intertype
- pp. 129-142
- 9. The War Years
- pp. 169-174
- 10. The Business of Type
- pp. 175-224
- 11. Mergenthaler Expands Beyond the Linotype
- pp. 225-232
- 13. Mergenthaler Offices and Factories
- pp. 247-252
- 14. My Life at Linotype
- pp. 253-262
- 17. Epilogue
- pp. 299-304
- 18. Mergenthaler Linotype Chronology
- pp. 305-324
- Bibliography
- pp. 445-452
Additional Information
ISBN
9781933360751
Related ISBN(s)
9781933360607
MARC Record
OCLC
888805967
Pages
480
Launched on MUSE
2014-08-23
Language
English
Open Access
No