Christopher Sholes
What is a "stenographer"?
Someone who is skilled in the transcription of speech
Post an example of Shole's typewriter.
Why did Sholes send a prototype of his typewriter to Clephane?
He realized that stenographers would be the first and most important users
After the typewriter began production, why did Clephane pursue another machine?
It look a long time to typeset and copy words.
Who spent a year redesigning Clephane's typesetting machine?
Omar Mergenthaler
What is meant by "typesetting"?
To arrange or generate the 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 allows for type to be reset mechanically than by hand.
How did this machine change the newspaper industry?
It made it possible 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?
It had a 90 character keyboard, no shift key, arrangement of keys was based on frequency, black key on the left were the lower case letters, white keys on the right were the upper case letters, and the blue keys in the center were for punctuation, numbers, small capital letters, and fixed width spaces.
Post an example of a Linotype slug.
What is a slug?
An assembled line of text attached as a single piecePost an example of a person operating a Linotype Machine.
Why is the Linotype Machine the greatest advanced in printing since movable type?
It allowed for faster typesetting and composition than by hand.
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