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Compugraphic

In 1963, Compugraphic moved to Reading and commissioned Massachusetts-based Wang Laboratories to develop the Linasec, a computer used to prepare justified punched tape to drive linotype typesetting machines which were widely used in the printing industry, which at that time was based entirely on hot metal type.

Palatino

Palatino has been available in all major typesetting systems over the years, including Linotype and "hot metal" versions.

René Alphonse Higonnet

RenĂ© Alphonse Higonnet (April 5, 1902 – October 13, 1983) was a French-born engineer and inventor who co-developed the phototypesetting process with Louis Moyroud, which allows text and images to be printed on paper using a photoengraving process, a method that made the traditional publishing method of hot metal typesetting obsolete.


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