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COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc_csc018_lanston_22.jpg
Identifier:
cc_csc018_lanston_22.jpg
Title:
Tolbert Lanston and the Monotype
Creator:
Thom, Robert A., 1915-1979
Subject:
Lanston, Tolbert, 1844-1913
Subject:
Printing - Technological innovations
Subject:
Typesetting machines - History
Summary:
A year after Mergenthaler brought out his first Linotype in 1886, another inventor, Tolbert Lanston, received a patent on his composing machine, the Monotype. The principal advantage of the American's invention over the Linotype was that the Monotype could cast individual characters and assemble them in a justified line instead of setting an entire line of type, or slug. Lanston's machine, which was commercially established in 1894, has undergone many major improvements since its inception. But today Monotype setting is considered equal to or even superior to hand setting analog metal type.
Publisher:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Date of Original:
1966 approximate
Date of Digitization:
2002-03-27
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
oil paintings
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
oil on canvas
Dimensions of Original:
60.96 x 76.2 cm
Language:
English
Original Item Location:
csc018
Library Collection:
Graphic Communications Through the Ages
Digital Project:
2019_0037_kimberlyclark
Catalog Record:
https://albert.rit.…
Rights:
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Tolbert Lanston and the Monotype

     
Tolbert Lanston and the Monotype