Ottmar Mergenthaler of Baltimore invented linotype

Ottmar Mergenthaler

The linotype machine is a typesetting machine that produces lines of metal type for printing. It assembles individual letters and characters into lines of text, casting them into a single piece of metal for use in printing presses. It revolutionized the printing industry by automating the typesetting process.

Ottmar Mergenthaler is not known as an author. He was a German-American inventor who developed the Linotype machine, which revolutionized the printing industry by enabling the automated setting of type for newspapers, magazines, and books.

Mergenthaler Linotype Company was created in 1886.