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Intertype Fotosetter

The Intertype Fotosetter.

Taken from the book “Operation and Mechanism of the Linotype and Intertype” by J Ashworth, first published in 1955.

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Intertype Desk Model Fotosetter Photographic Line Composing Machine

...languages such as Chinese and Japanese, where the number of characters used was greater than the number of keys on the Intertype Fotosetter. Read the Full Article . . .

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Intertype Fotosetter

...mainly linecaster technology to produce photoset output.

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German Museums

1 – A Brehmer book stitching machine

Thanks to Teo Pelho, from Finland, for sending in these pictures, taken at the Deutsches Museum, Munich and the Gutenberg Museum,

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