Who is credited with the invention of the typewriter?
-Christopher Sholes
What is a "stenographer"?
-a type of typewriter
-Christopher Sholes
What is a "stenographer"?
-a type of typewriter
Post an example of Shole's typewriter.
Why did Sholes send a prototype of his typewriter to Clephane?
-because he thought that stenographers would be the first ones to use the typewriters
After the typewriter began production, why did Clephane pursue another machine?
-the linotype machine because the old machine didnt type fast enough
Who spent a year redesigning Clephane's typesetting machine?
After the typewriter began production, why did Clephane pursue another machine?
-the linotype machine because the old machine didnt type fast enough
Who spent a year redesigning Clephane's typesetting machine?
-Ottmar Megenthaler
What is meant by "typesetting"?
-bridge the gap between the typewriter and the printed page
-bridge the gap between the typewriter and the printed page
Post an example of Linotype Machine.
How does the Linotype Machine differ from the typewriter?
-the linotype typed faster and allowed to be typed mechanically rather than by hand
How did this machine change the newspaper industry?
-small number of operators to set type for more pages on a daily bases
How did this machine change the newspaper industry?
-small number of operators to set type for more pages on a daily bases
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 and they only had uppercase letters
Post an example of a Linotype slug.
What is a slug?
-an assembled line of type that is then 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?
-because it allowed people to type mechanically and allowed smaller type for newspapers
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