Lanston Monotype Company
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Lanston Monotype Company was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
at the end of the nineteenth century by Tolbert Lanston
. In 1887 he received his first patent for a mechanical typesetting
device. The current incarnation as the "Lanston Type Co." is a division of P22 type foundry
.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
at the end of the nineteenth century by Tolbert Lanston
Tolbert Lanston
Tolbert Lanston was the American founder of Monotype, inventing a mechanical typesetting system patented in 1887 and the first hot metal typesetter a few years later.-His life:...
. In 1887 he received his first patent for a mechanical typesetting
Typesetting
Typesetting is the composition of text by means of types.Typesetting requires the prior process of designing a font and storing it in some manner...
device. The current incarnation as the "Lanston Type Co." is a division of P22 type foundry
P22 type foundry
P22 type foundry is a digital type foundry from Buffalo, New York, that develops and markets typefaces for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The name P22 has no specific significance and was used prior to the type foundry as a label for various art projects including an ambitious mail art...
.