Typesetter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- IMPACT COMP.
- DATE
- 1930–1978
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0647.001
- MANUFACTURER
- VARITYPER CORP.
- MODEL
- VARITYPER VS
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL WITH SYNTHETIC PTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.5 cm
- Width
- 58.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- VARITYPER
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Newark
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO PREPARE COPY FOR OFFSET REPRODUCTION FROM A TYPEWRITER KEYBOARD - Technical
-
CALLED 'THE WORLD'S FIRST COLD TYPE COMPOSING MACHINE' WHEN LAUNCHED 1930'S/ OFFERED CHANGEABLE SIZES & STYLES OF FONTS & AUTOMATIC JUSTIFICATION/ ALSO LESS EXPENSIVE & MORE COMPACT THAN CONVENTIONAL TYPESETTERS/ WAS COMMERICALLY SUCCESSFUL FROM OUTSET - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- NO (COMES WITH 1 TYPE FONT ONLY)
- Finish
- GREY CRACKLE (WORN)
- Decoration
- N/A
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VARITYPER CORP., Typesetter, between 1930–1978, Artifact no. 1978.0647, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0647.001/
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