{"id":253,"date":"2017-06-08T14:07:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T13:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=253"},"modified":"2023-01-24T10:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T09:24:20","slug":"july-3-1986","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/july-3-1986\/","title":{"rendered":"July 3, 1886"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to the Rutgers University Libraries, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.rutgers.edu\/rul\/libs\/scua\/depol\/depol_mp_linotype.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Depol Collection<\/a> for permission to use this picture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/122.jpg\" alt=\"Ottmar Mergenthaler\" width=\"450\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On July 3, 1886, seated at the keyboard of his new machine, Ottmar Mergenthaler handed to Whitelaw Reid a slug of metal. Reid exclaimed, &#8220;It&#8217;s a line-of-type!&#8221; Thus was christened the forerunner of today&#8217;s modern linecasting machine: the Linotype.<\/p>\n<p>Illustration produced for the 75th Anniversary, April 1961.<\/p>\n<p>Linotype fan? Don&#8217;t miss the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/forum\/index.php\/board,4.0.html\"><strong>Linotype Chat<\/strong><\/a> section of the Metal Type Forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to the Rutgers University Libraries, John Depol Collection for permission to use this picture. On July 3, 1886, seated at the keyboard of his new machine, Ottmar Mergenthaler handed to Whitelaw Reid a slug of metal. 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