Linotype model 5cS

The linotype machine was a “line casting” machine used in printing. It replaced the extremely time-consuming manual type-setting process. The machine, which was patented in 1886, mechanised the setting and casting of letters.
The setter entered text at a keyboard: every time a key was pressed, a matrix of the chosen letter fell into position from a magazine. The assembled line of matrices was cast as a single piece of type metal and filled with liquid lead once the spaces between words had been automatically adjusted.
After cooling, this produced “A LINE OF TYPES”.
Date of manufacture: 1962
Photo: Jan Braun, HNF