The Linotype Machine | 1886 AD

Who is credited with the invention of the typewriter?
Christopher Scholes

What is a "stenographer"?

Stenographers take notes on what people say

Why did Sholes send a prototype of his typewriter to Clephane?

He realized that stenographers would be among the first and most important users

After the typewriter began production, why did Clephane pursue another machine?

It still took too long to typeset and copy the words onto a typewriter from his notes

Who spent a year redesigning Clephane's typesetting machine?

Ottomar Mergenthaler

What is meant by "typesetting"?

Casting type from a metal matrix versus papier-mache

How does the Linotype Machine differ from the typewriter?

Allowed type to be set mechanically rather than by hand and produced a solid line of type by casting hot lead into a series of molds that corresponded to individual letters

How did this machine change the newspaper industry?

Made it easier 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?

90 characters, and no shift key, left to right.

What is a slug?

An assembled line of type cast as a single piece

Why is the Linotype Machine the greatest advanced in printing since movable type?

Allowed for fast typing and the ability to print things in larger amounts and faster.