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Record 1 2011-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
DEF

A hot-metal mechanical typesetting machine, producing slugs or complete lines of typematter -- hence the name.

OBS

Matrices of the required letters are selected by means of a keyboard and each complete line of matrices and spaces is presented to a mould and the line is cast in one continuous strip. Manufactured by Mergenthaler Linotype.

OBS

Linotype : A trademark of Mergenthaler Linotype.

Key term(s)
  • Linotype

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
DEF

Machine à composer en lignes-blocs, inventée en 1884 par l'Américain Mergenthaler.

OBS

Les machines actuelles présentent les organes suivants : magasin à matrices, clavier, composteur, creuset, distribution qui assurent trois fonctions essentielles : composition, fonte, distribution.

OBS

LinotypeMC: Marque de commerce de la société Mergenthaler Linotype.

Spanish

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