The Linotype is a type casting machine. It set metal type a line at a time, and no other machine did more to change printing than this one.
Thomas Edison called it the Eighth Wonder of the World.
Linotype: The Film is a feature-length documentary centred on the machine. The film’s site is Linotype: The Film.
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burkhardthauke overlaps cyan, red and white shapes under black outlines, cutting large white letters apart so no word lands whole.
