What is a "stenographer"?A person employed to transcribe dictation.
Why did Sholes send a prototype of his typewriter to Clephane?Because he was the only one to accept it.
After the typewriter began production, why did Clephane pursue another machine?Because he thought something was still missing.
Who spent a year redesigning Clephane's typesetting machine?Ottmar Mergenthaler.
What is meant by "typesetting"?Designing a font and storing it in some manner.
How does the Linotype Machine differ from the typewriter?It allowed type to be set mechanically rather than by hand.How did this machine change the newspaper industry?Making it possible for a small number of operators to set type for more pages on a daily basis.
How did the keyboard of the Linotype Machine differ from keyboards that we use today?It doesn't have a shift key.
What is a slug?An assembled line of type cast as a single piece.
Why is the Linotype Machine the greatest advanced in printing since movable type?
It allowed typing to be even faster and more accurate.
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