Christopher Sholes
What is a "stenographer"?
the first and most important users of the typewriter
Why did Sholes send a prototype of his typewriter to Clephane?
he tested it with unsparing tests, his judgement was similarly caustic
After the typewriter began production, why did Clephane pursue another machine?
the typewriter still took long to typeset and copy the words
Who spent a year redesigning Clephane's typesetting machine?
Mergenthaler
What is meant by "typesetting"?
composition of texts by means of type
How does the Linotype Machine differ from the typewriter?
allowed type to be set mechanically rather than by hand, produced a solid line of type
How did this machine change the newspaper industry?
it made it possible for a small number of operators to set type for more pages on a daily basis
How did the keyboard of the Linotype Machine differ from keyboards that we use today?
it had a 90-character keyboard, the arrangement of keys was based on letter frequency, and the keys were color coded for lowercase, uppercase, and punctuation
What is a slug?
the assembled line of type in a single piece
Post an example of a person operating a Linotype Machine.
Why is the Linotype Machine the greatest advanced in printing since movable type?
it had faster typesetting and composition than by hand
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