A short video showing the classic Monotype hot metal typesetting machine. The system shown here uses two separate units-a keyboard and a caster. The keyboard operator types the copy, each key punching holes in a roll of tape. This analogue record from the keyboard operator will later guide the caster which uses ‘hot metal’ to form the individual letters which are output line-by-line into the galley.
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Flickr monotype set
