Linotype: Cimarron, New Mexico, circa 1917.
"In printing, the Linotype machine (pronounced "LINEotype") uses a 90-character keyboard to create an entire line of metal type at once. This allows much faster printing than with the Gutenberg-style system, in which operators place down one letter, punctuation mark or space at a time. The machine revolutionized newspaper publishing, making it possible for a relatively small number of operators to set type for many pages on a daily basis." (from www.wikipedia.org)
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