Who is credited with the invention of the typewriter?
Christopher Sholes
What is a "stenographer"?
Someone skilled in the transcription of speech,
Post an example of Shole's typewriter.
Why did Sholes send a prototype of his typewriter to Clephane?
So that Clephane could work with it and test it as a stenographer.
After the typewriter began production, why did Clephane pursue another machine?
Because it solved only part of his problem, he needed something that would quickly typeset and copy the words.
Who spent a year redesigning Clephane's typesetting machine?
Ottmar Mergenthaler
What is meant by "typesetting"?
Typesetting is arranging or generating type for a piece of text to be printed.
Post an example of Linotype Machine.
How does the Linotype Machine differ from the typewriter?
It allowed type to be set mechanically rather then by hand.
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.
Post an example of a Linotype keyboard.
How did the keyboard of the Linotype Machine differ from keyboards that we use today?
There was no shift key, on the left were lowercase letters, on the right were uppercase letters, and there were blue keys in the middle for punctuation, digits, small capital letters and fixed spaces.
Post an example of a Linotype slug.
What is a slug?
An assembled line of type that is 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 allowed faster and more efficient typesetting and composition.
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