{"id":28,"date":"2017-06-05T16:43:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T16:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2024-07-31T09:48:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T08:48:01","slug":"kastenbein-typesetter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/early-machines\/kastenbein-typesetter\/","title":{"rendered":"Kastenbein Typesetter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/images\/content\/kasten.jpg\" alt=\"The Kastenbein typesetting machine\" width=\"536\" height=\"476\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/56.jpeg\" alt=\"Kastenbein Typesetter\" width=\"450\" height=\"543\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPESETTING.<\/strong> As we have seen composing type by hand was a very slow and skilled trade. The machine in this picture was called the Kastenbein Typesetter. Instead of picking up each tiny letter by hand the typesetter just tapped the letters he wanted, like a typewriter. The machine also sorted out the letters after they had been used, so they could be used again. The Times installed this typesetter in the 1870s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYPESETTING. As we have seen composing type by hand was a very slow and skilled trade. The machine in this picture was called the Kastenbein Typesetter. Instead of picking up each tiny letter by hand the typesetter just tapped the letters he wanted, like a typewriter. 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