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Typesetting: Linotype (Part I)

1960/17 min 51 sec/71 shots

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This 1960 vocational film explains how linotype and intertype machines compose, cast, and distribute type for printing. It demonstrates key components, including keyboards, matrices, and casting mechanisms, and shows how perforated-tape automation enabled high-speed typesetting for modern publishing.

Provenance and rights

Original producer: Salesian Vocational and Technical Schools, Italy
Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Typesetting: Linotype (Part I)
Date: 1960-06-29T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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