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Typesetting: Linotype (Part II)

1960/17 min 11 sec/83 shots

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This 1960 vocational film explains how linotype and intertype machines compose, cast, and distribute type for printing. It examines keyboards, matrices, casting mechanisms, and perforated-tape automation used for high-speed typesetting in modern publishing.

Provenance and rights

Original producer: Salesian Vocational and Technical Schools, Italy
Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Typesetting: Linotype (Part II)
Date: 1960-06-25T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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