Twilight of the Velocipede: Typesetting Races Before the Age of Linotype

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43 points by benbreen a day ago


hackeraccount - an hour ago

Any mention of typesetting should work to include Mark Twain's quote about his relationship with the inventor James Paige, who worked on a never quite working as well as could be wished typesetting machine that Twain invested heavily in.

"Paige and I always meet on effusively affectionate terms; and yet he knows perfectly well that if I had his nuts in a steel-trap I would shut out all human succor and watch that trap till he died."

nemetroid - 8 hours ago

From the last image:

> No Type. No Distribution. No "Pie"-ing.

> Self-spacing. Self-justifying.

Looks machine-composed.