A Collation of Facts Related to Fast Typesetting
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- Title
- A Collation of Facts Related to Fast Typesetting
- Publication year listed
- 1887
- Format
- Public domain eBook
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About this book
A Collation of Facts Related to Fast Typesetting
Author: William C Barnes; Joseph W McCann; Alexander Duguid
Year: 1887
An 1887 book about the results from typesetting races, a then popular public attraction, in which compositors set metal type a letter by a time in timed competitors. The three authors were all typesetters. The book also contains essays on the future of mechanized typesetting and how to set type rapidly by hand.
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