Christopher Sholes!
What is a "stenographer"?
Someone that uses the typewriter?
Example of Shole's typewriter:
Why did Shole's send a prototype of his typewriter to Clephane?
To test the machine
After the typewriter began production, why did Clephane pursue another machine?
He realized the typewriter only solved half of the problem. It took too long to typeset and copy words.
Who spent a redesigning Clephane's typesetting machine?
Ottmar Mergenthaler!
What is meant by "typesetting"?
How fast the type is set on the paper?
Example of the Linotype Machine:
How does the Linotype Machine differ from the typewriter?
It allowed type to be set mechanically rather then by hand.
How did this machine change the newspaper industry?
It made production faster! It made it possible for a small number of operators to set type for more pages on a daily basis.
Example of the Linotype Keyboard:
How does the keyboard of the Linotype Machine differ from the keyboards we use today?
Today we have one alphabet on the keyboard with a shift key to CAPITALIZE, but the Linotype keyboard had 2 alphabets (one capital and one lowercase).
Example of Linotype Slug:
What is a slug?
A line of type that's casted into a single piece.
Example of a person operating a Linotype Machine:
Why is the Linotype Machine the greatest advance in printing since movable type?
Because it allowed us to make mass production of newspapers, more communication, faster.
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