Frank Romano on the Intertype Fotosetter - video

[Dave Hughes]

In the latest What They Th!nk Frank talks about the Intertype Fotosetter which he describes as the "dumbest idea ever."


https://d3a577syzx0or3.cloudfront.net/video/2025-07-frank-change.mp4

More on Metal Type

There's more on the Intertype Fotosetter on Metal Type:

Description of how the machine worked taken from a 1950s book.

Video of the machine in action taken by Jørgen Dissing Nørgaard from Denmark and posted on this Forum.

Pictures of the machine - Part of the Whittaker Collection held in the Manchester Science Museum, UK.