Linotype

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf typewriter
gptkbp:category gptkb:print
mechanical engineering
gptkbp:ceasedWidespreadUse 1970s
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:Science_Museum,_London
gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkbp:hasComponent gptkb:keyboard
gptkb:magazine
melting pot
casting mechanism
distribution mechanism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Linotype
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:print
newspaper production
gptkbp:introducedIn 1884
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Ottmar_Mergenthaler
gptkbp:languageOfKeyboard gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Spanish
English
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Mergenthaler_Linotype_Company
gptkbp:notableFeature casts entire line of type at once
uses matrices and molten metal
gptkbp:notableModel gptkb:Linotype_Model_1
gptkb:Linotype_Model_31
gptkb:Linotype_Model_5
gptkb:Linotype_Model_8
gptkbp:notableUser gptkb:Chicago_Tribune
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:The_Times_(London)
many 20th-century newspapers
gptkbp:patent gptkb:US_patent_395,974
gptkb:US_patent_405,735
gptkb:US_patent_405,736
gptkb:US_patent_405,737
gptkb:US_patent_405,738
gptkb:US_patent_405,739
gptkb:US_patent_405,740
gptkb:US_patent_405,741
gptkb:US_patent_405,742
gptkb:US_patent_405,743
1884
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Intertype
gptkb:Ludlow_Typograph
gptkb:Monotype
gptkbp:replacedBy digital typesetting
phototypesetting
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Linotype:_The_Film
various technical manuals
gptkbp:usedFor hot metal typesetting
gptkbp:usedIn newspaper printing
book printing
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Walbaum
gptkb:Helvetica_collection
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5