TY  - BOOK
AU  - Romano,Frank J.
TI  - History of the Linotype Company
SN  - 9781933360607
AV  - Z253 .R736 2014
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Rochester, New York
PB  - RIT Press
KW  - Mergenthaler, Ottmar,
KW  - Mergenthaler Linotype Company
KW  - History
KW  - Biography
KW  - Linotype
KW  - Typesetting machines
KW  - Type and type-founding
KW  - Printers
KW  - United States
KW  - Inventors
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 444-451) and index; Clephane's history of the linotype -- Linotype's early years : great expectations and unforeseen betrayals -- Mackey's 1936 history of the Linotype Company -- Mergenthaler's linotype machines, 1883/1972 -- The logotype and other competitors -- The intertype -- John Rogers : inventor, and perfecter of the linotype -- Key people who built the company, 1888-1960 -- The war years -- The business of type -- Fonts manufactured by Linotype or its subsidiaries -- Mergenthaler expands beyond the linotype -- Linotype's periodicals and special publications -- Mergenthaler offices and factories -- My life at Linotype -- The phototypesetting era and corporate mergers -- The Eltra era : linotype becomes a modern conglomerate
ER  -