~Christopher Sholes
What is a "stenographer"?
~a person employed chiefly to takee and transcribe dictation, according to Webster
Post an example of Shole's typewriter.
Why did Sholes send a prototype of his typewriter to Clephane?
~because Clephane was a stenographer; he tested the machine as no one else would
After the typewriter began production, why did Clephane pursue another machine?
~Only solved part of his problem when transcribing notes; it still took long to typeset and copy the words
Who spent a year redesigning Clephane's typesetting machine?
~Ottmar Mergenthaler
What is meant by "typesetting"?
~the process of setting material in type or into a form to be used in printing, according to Webster
Post an example of Linotype Machine.
How does the Linotype Machine differ from the typewriter?
~allowed type to be set mechanically rather than by hand
How did this machine change the newspaper industry?
~made it possible for a small number of operators to set type for more pages on 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; therefore, uppercase letters had seperate keys from lowercase letters; the arrangement of keys was based on letter frequency (most frequent on the left); had the same alphabet arrangement twice; on the left was the lowercase letters in black and on the right were the uppercase letters in white; blue keys in the middle were for punctuation, digits, small capital letters and fixed width
Post an example of a Linotype slug.
What is a slug?
~the assembled line of type that is cast as 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?
~allowed type to be set mechanically rather than by hand
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