Interype machine
DP 221377
Description Interype machine
Date 1/9/2015
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number DP 221377
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Compositing. Intertype or 'hot metal' typesetting machine (USA, 1951) which set the type for the Blairgowrie Advertiser newspaper including advertisements. It uses a keyboard to set the text. Hot metal was the way of creating newspaper and bulk type (e.g. paperback books) prior to the introduction and take up of computer technology in the 1990s.
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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
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