City officials unearthed a piece of history Monday when they discovered an old 1,100-pound Linotype machine in the vacant Higginbotham Printing building that was being demolished by city crews. Like ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. These records document primarily the history of typeface development at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company of Baltimore, Maryland. The company ...

"Farewell Etaoin Shrdlu" captures the last night of traditional hot type printing at The New York Times, showcasing the linotype machines that revolutionized printing for over a century. As the ...

Before digital printing, there were Linotype operators, or typesetters, who used the Linotype machine to print the written word. The machine was introduced in 1884 using hot metal blocks to imprint ...

There’s something beautiful about looking at something old in a new way. Which is why watching a clunky, rusty, outdated machine clicking away to an original modern score in high-def chiaroscuro is ...

When Jessie Winters moved to Las Cruces with her family in the 1960s, she would set aside her nomadic life and establish a home for the rest of her 100 years. Winters celebrated 10 decades on June 27 ...

While Stefan Beck and I are hunched over our white-hot Linotype machines rolling out the October issue of TNC, let me pause to suggest that all you non subscribers out there make the leap and purchase ...