#Phototypesetting was a method of setting type which used photography to make columns of type on a scroll of photographic paper. It has been made obsolete by the popularity of the personal computer and desktop publishing which gave rise to digital typesetting.

Animated gif featuring screenshots from articles: Remembering Sir Kenneth Grange – 1929-2024 The first phototypesetting machine Font size is useless; let’s fix it Spotify Mix: New Spotify Custom Typeface U+237C ⍼ is (also) S9576 ⍼

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animated gif. Font specimens, illustrations and swashes from: Deberny et Peignot, Catalogue Lumitype, circa 1958. Deberny et Peignot, Lumitype series 500, circa 1960. Deberny et Peignot, Caractères Lumitype, circa 1962.

⚡️ The Lumitype saga: France’s early attempts at phototypesetting
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