Hot metal typesetting was developed in the late nineteenth century as a development of conventional cast metal type. The technology had several advantages: it reduced … 展开

Towards the end of its life, hot metal composition in newspapers was kept alive by the proof press. As each page was set and locked up, it was moved on a turtle (a rolling table with an 展开

• British Printing Society
• Linotype & Ludlow Working Museums – Denmark, Iowa
• National Print Museum, Dublin, Ireland 展开

Two different approaches to mechanising typesetting were independently developed in the late 19th century. One, known as the Monotype composition caster system, produced texts with the aid of perforated paper-ribbons. Each character was cast separately. These … 展开

The nature of text printed via the hot-metal method is notably different from that produced by the phototypesetting processes that followed it. … 展开