History of the Linotype Company
By: Frank J. Romano
Publisher: RIT Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Rochester, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
ISBN-13: 9781939125033; 9781933360607; 9781933360751
Subjects: History; Biography; Linotype; Typesetting machines; Type and type-founding; Printers; Inventors; Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 444-451) and index.
Table of contents: title: Clephane's history of the linotype; title: Linotype's early years : great expectations and unforeseen betrayals; title: Mackey's 1936 history of the Linotype Company; title: Mergenthaler's linotype machines, 1883/1972; title: The logotype and other competitors; title: The intertype; title: John Rogers : inventor, and perfecter of the linotype; title: Key people who built the company, 1888-1960; title: The war years; title: The business of type; title: Fonts manufactured by Linotype or its subsidiaries; title: Mergenthaler expands beyond the linotype; title: Linotype's periodicals and special publications; title: Mergenthaler offices and factories; title: My life at Linotype; title: The phototypesetting era and corporate mergers; title: The Eltra era : linotype becomes a modern conglomerate.