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Typesetting technology

 

 
The term "typesetting technique" includes in a broader sense:
- The manual type setting from around 1440 (invention of Gutenberg with the movable
   metal letters sorted in the type case; a lead-tin-antimony alloy)
- The machine type setting from around 1900 (sentence lines cast in lead (monotype /
   Linotype)
- Phototypesetting from around 1950 (copying individual characters with light
   through a template on photo material)
 
and finally
- The Phototypesetting by CRT from 1965, the technology invented by Hell, to complete
          and
   to expose newspaper pages (incl. pictures) fully electronically to photo material.

  

Dr. Hell used the expression "filmsetting", however, later the common wording changed
to "phototypesetting".
 
 
Vom Bleisatz zum Lichtsatz
From lead typesetting to light typesetting
from „für uns alle" ; issue No. 24/ March 1974   ; German
 
 
The typesetting system developed by Hell consists of the input devices for capturing
text, symbols and layout, the typesetting computer, which sends all the data necessary
for the exposure of the film to the
 
        Heart of the Hell invention, the Digiset
 
(Exposure with CRT picture tube or laser).

 

The final product is a film, the complete "final page", which is copied onto the printing plate.
 
 

The Digiset- develpoment: time table of the first Digisets   (German)

Dr.-Ing. Rudolf Hell gives a presentation at the TPG congress in Paris on July 23, 1965
 
Ein Rückblick zur Entwicklung der satztechnischen Software der Firma Hell
A look back at the development of Hell's typesetting software
(from 1964 to1977 ; author Mr. Mebes)
       
 
 

An overview about the phototypesetting development at the Hell company

       
 
Filmsetting devices "Digiset"
 
  • Typesetting technology
    Digiset LS 210
   
       
 
 
  Typesetting computer
 
  • Typesetting technology
    The typesetting computer
       
  Digigraph  
  • Typesetting technology
    The Digigraph family captures characters, logos, line drawings and images
       
 
Text input device-/
Data display device
   
  • Typesetting technology
    DS 2026; This data display device is used to enter texts and is therefore equipped with a special keyboard
       
       
 

Articles about the phototypesetting system  DIGISET:

Überlegungen zum Einsatz elektronischer Rechenanlagen in der Satztechnik  (1964)
I.a.: Typical workflow of lead typesetting using punched tapes
 
Die Arbeitsweise der Digiset Lichtsetzanlage
Digiset: Eigenschaften und Einsatzgebiete               Deutscher Drucker ; 1973
Digitaler Lichtsatz in der Praxis                                   From: „für uns alle" ; Nr. 26, November 1974
Unsere Lichtsetzanlagen Digiset im Einsatz            From „für uns alle" ; Nr. 28, März 1975
Die Entwicklung der satztechnischen Software        A review (Mr. Zeyen)
Erstellung einer Seite mit Digiset 400 T 20                By courtesy of the publisher
A complete work flow at company Hallwag; 1977             „Hallwag Kümmerly+Frey AG", Schweiz
15 Jahre Digiset: 1979
Typography: die Hell-Schriftenbibliothek 1989         This includes over 1400 different typefaces
   

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