Monotype Machine
The Monotype Machine was invented by Tolbert Lanston in 1895. It is an automatic typesetting machine.
Stores composed text via paper strip perforations
Wide range of font and type sizes (unlike Linotype)
Automatic right-justification for news columns
Allows correction of single letter errors caught in typing
A fraction of the labor that typesetting by hand requires
The Monotype keyboard on exhibit here was used by the Mono Typesetting Co., located on Ann St in Hartford up to 1980, when it was donated (with type-caster) by Hugh Brown Sr. of Windsor. Lanston Monotypes are still used for high quality limited edition letterpress printing.
The Monotype Machine was invented by Tolbert Lanston in 1895. It is an automatic typesetting machine.
Stores composed text via paper strip perforations
Wide range of font and type sizes (unlike Linotype)
Automatic right-justification for news columns
Allows correction of single letter errors caught in typing
A fraction of the labor that typesetting by hand requires
The Monotype keyboard on exhibit here was used by the Mono Typesetting Co., located on Ann St in Hartford up to 1980, when it was donated (with type-caster) by Hugh Brown Sr. of Windsor. Lanston Monotypes are still used for high quality limited edition letterpress printing.
The Monotype Machine was invented by Tolbert Lanston in 1895. It is an automatic typesetting machine.
Stores composed text via paper strip perforations
Wide range of font and type sizes (unlike Linotype)
Automatic right-justification for news columns
Allows correction of single letter errors caught in typing
A fraction of the labor that typesetting by hand requires
The Monotype keyboard on exhibit here was used by the Mono Typesetting Co., located on Ann St in Hartford up to 1980, when it was donated (with type-caster) by Hugh Brown Sr. of Windsor. Lanston Monotypes are still used for high quality limited edition letterpress printing.
The Monotype Machine
Former Monotype operator Claude Clotier from East Windsor, CT explains the use and operation of the Monotype keyboard and caster, one of the first automatic typesetting machines. The Monotype keyboard is on display at The Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut.