"Lanston Monotype Machine Company was founded by Tolbert Lanston in Washington D.C., USA, in 1887. Lanston had a patented mechanical method of punching out metal types from cold strips of metal which ...
Lewis Mitchell meticulously cleans parts for a monotype caster in the basement of Arion Press. In the basement of Arion Press Lewis Mitchell, 80, slides open a box of parts that change the font size ...