medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture

Christopher Crockett wrote:
>
> just enough Technology to come into play to oust the experienced (and
> unionized) Lineotype typographers who had the skill (and sensibility)
> to lay out an attractive page, in an attractive font, with suchlike
> exotic "features" as justified borders and well laid-out footnotes
> (both of which had been hallmarks of scholarly books since the late
> 16th c., btw);

More of a Golden Age in the UK, as book printing was done using Monotype 
machines (much the same technology, but individual pieces of type produced, 
making correction the same as cold metal.  Linotype sets a whole line on a 
single lead slug - which must be discarded and re-set for correction. 
Linotype is better for (and was universally used for) newspapers.)  Monotype 
invested heavily in designing typefaces (Monotype Plantin, Times Roman.)

John Briggs

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