Tolbert Lanston and the monotype: the origin of digital typesetting
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| Beschreibung: | XVII, 214 S. zahlr. Ill. Beil.: Going with Goudy to Philadelphia / John T. Hoyle |
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| adam_text | Contents
Preface
..........................xi
Acknowledgements
...................xiii
Chapter
ι:
Typesetting Before Mechanization
..........
ι
Chapter
2:
Issues Confronting The
LanśTon
Machine
......7
The Mold
..........................7
The Matrix
.........................8
Assembling Functions
...................9
Fixing The Dimensions Of Type
............10
Creating A Unit System
.................10
The Wedges
........................11
The Keyboard
......................12
Chapter
3:
Tolbert
LanśTon:
The Man With An Idea
......15
Inventive Minds And A Patent Examiner
.......16
Why Did
LanśTon
Become
Concerned With Typesetting?
...........18
No Mechanical Education Whatever
..........18
Undaunted By Disastrous Fire
.............19
Confused State Of The Typesetting Industry
.....19
A Visit To
Lanśtons
Washington Shop
.........20
No Interaction With
Mergenthaler...........20
The Linotype Machine s Presence And Comparison
. 21
Lanśton
Leaves The Monotype Company
.......21
Early Recognition
....................22
The Move From Washington To Philadelphia
.....24
The Inventor s Personality
................24
Lanśton
Lives To See Monotype s Early Success
.... 26
LanśTorfs
Later Years
..................27
Chapter
4:
The Men Who Made Monotype A Success
.....31
J.
Maury
Dove
.......................32
John Sellers Bancroft
...................38
Harold Malcolm Duncan
................44
Sol Hess
..........................51
Other Noteworthy Figures
...............59
Chapter
5:
Evolution Of The Monotype Machine
........65
Three Patents Cover The Justification Concept
.... 65
Prototype
1 :
A Device To Form Type
From Cold Metal
..................66
The Mysterious First Keyboard
.............
6j
Prototype
2:
The First Hot-Metal Machine
.......67
Prototype
3:
The Triangle Hot-Metal Machine
.....68
Prototype
4:
The Quadruple Machine
.........70
Prototype
5:
The Limited Font Machine
.......71
The Final Composition Machine
—
For Over Fifty Years
.................73
Evolution Of The Monotype Keyboard
.........74
A More Versatile, Universal Keyboard Arrangement
. 76
Expanding To Become A Type Foundry
........78
Material Maker And Giant Caster
...........78
The Thompson Type Caster
..............79
Americans Fall Behind
.................80
The English
Supercaśter
................80
The Last Gasp: The Monomatic
............80
English Monotype Introduces
Monophoto
.......83
Chapter
6:
Patriotism, Competition And Politics
.......85
Patriotism
—
World War I
................85
The World War II Effort
.................88
Competition
—
Early Casualties
............89
Converting Hand
Comp
Plants
And Other Machine Users
.............90
Politics
—
The U. S. Government Printing Office
. . . 92
Contents
(Continued)
Chapter/: The Effect Of Monotype On Typography
......97
Quality Of The Product
.................98
Addressing Type Design
................99
A Botched Sale To The Merrymount Press
...... 100
English Vs. American Composition Matrices
.... 101
Accommodating American Users
........... 102
Other Mechanical Considerations
.......... 103
American Designs For The American Market
.... 105
Frederic
W. Goudy
................... 106
The Deal With American Type Founders
...... 112
Designs For The Advertising Industry
........ 112
Special Matrices For Job Printers
........... 115
Catering To The Book Industry
............ 116
Monotype s Effect On The Typefounding Industry
. 117
ChapterS: The
Lanśton
Monotype Machine Company
. . . .121
The First
Lanśton
Company Reorganized
...... 123
Relationship With English Monotype
........ 124
The Era Of j.
Maury
Dove
............... 125
The Wood
&
Nathan Company
............ 126
The Venerable Monotype Building
.......... 126
The Barrett Adding Machine
............. 128
The Twenties And Thirties
.............. 129
Monotype Photo-Mechanical Equipment
...... 134
Mystery Machine Being Developed
.......... 136
World War II
—
The Start Of LansToris Decline.
... 138
John Anderson s Perspective
............. 142
The Banknote Relationship
.............. 144
Beyond United States Banknote Corporation
.... 148
American Type Founders Buys Matrix Business
... 150
Hartzell Machine Works, Inc. Takes Over
...... 152
Mackenzie-Harris Acquires
Matrix-Making Equipment
............ 154
The Appalling End Begins
.............. 155
Postscript
........................ 150
Chapter
g:
Monotype Users In The
U. S.
A. And Canada
. . .161
The Beginning Of Trade Typesetting
......... 161
Printing Plants And The Monotype
......... 168
The Newspaper Industry And Monotype
...... 172
Monotype Production For Magazines And Books
. . 173
The Largest Monotype Operation In The World.
. . 175
Chapter
10:
Monotype In The Twenty-First Century
......183
Breakage And Wear
..................184
The Technology Of Monotype
............185
Environmental Considerations
............186
Trends In Private Typefounding
...........187
Four Examples Of Private Typecasting
........187
A New Digital Connection
..............190
Appendices
............................193
A: Charles Henry Beeler
...............193
B: Other Monotype Acquisitions
..........194
C: Diversity Of
Lanśton
Property
..........195
D: Goudy s Monotype Scorecard
...........196
E: Display Matrices For Individual Casting
.....198
F: Configuration of Composition Matrices
.....199
G: Configuration Of Large Composition Matrices
. 200
H: Weighty Matters
..................201
I: Components Of The Monotype System
.....202
J: Closing Tidbits
..................203
On
Lanśton
The Inventor
.............203
A Late-Discovered Relationship
.........203
Comparing English And American Matrices
. . 203
A Social Aspect of Monotype
...........204
Financiais
And Sales Records
..........204
What Is An Orphan Annie ?
...........205
How Much Did A Monotype Cost?
........205
The Wood
&
Nathan Company Revisited
.... 206
K: Monotype References On The Internet
.....207
Index
............................209
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