Book #56476

The Biography of Ottmar Mergenthaler: Inventor of the Linotype

Carl Schlesinger

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Publisher: New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1989.
ISBN: 0938768123

Price: $50.00

A handsome edition in Fine condition housed in a dust-jacket that is Nearly Fine with some edge rubbing.

The biography of Ottmar Mergenthaler, an inventor of the Linotype machine, tells the story of one man's quest to create a typeface that was both beautiful and easy to use. Mergenthaler was a visionary who saw the potential for typesetting to change the way people communicated. His Linotype machine made it possible for journalists, publishers, and others to produce quick and affordable texts.; 8vo; 125 pages; Price? ? ?