Manúcio (O Velho), Aldo (1448-1515) - A famous Italian printer, he was
born in Bossano. He invented the "Italian Cursive" to Vergilio´s work printed in
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Mergenthaler, Otamar (1854-1899) - As a German inventor, he went to the U.S.A. in 1872
and invented a composing mechanic machine called "Linotype". The main objective of this machine
consists in joining with the help of a keyboard not separate types but a line of types.
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Marinoni, Hippolyte (1823- 1904) - He was born in Italy and worked as a
technician and typographer in France. In 1847- 48 he built the first reactive
machine for the press, one of the first rotary machines presented in the "French
Universal Exhibition". | |
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