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Twilight of the Velocipede: Typesetting Races Before the Age of Linotype

44 points by benbreen

by hackeraccount

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Any mention of typesetting should work to include Mark Twain's quote about his relationship with the inventor James Paige, who worked on a never quite working as well as could be wished typesetting machine that Twain invested heavily in.
"Paige and I always meet on effusively affectionate terms; and yet he knows perfectly well that if I had his nuts in a steel-trap I would shut out all human succor and watch that trap till he died."

by nemetroid

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From the last image:
> No Type. No Distribution. No "Pie"-ing.
> Self-spacing. Self-justifying.
Looks machine-composed.