Michael Barnett, who ran the Cooperative Computing Laboratory at MIT, published
Computer Typesetting: Experiments and Prospects in 1965, (28) documenting his experimentation with computerized typesetting.
In an age in which
computer typesetting permits the placement of notes anywhere, it is simply unacceptable to use end notes and force the reader to flip back and forth many times in order to read a complete thought.
Since then the newspaper has gone from "hot type" (castings from molten lead) to "cold type" (type set photographically) to
computer typesetting in which everything is done on a screen.
Services: Newsletters, brochures, booklets, letterheads, envelopes, business cards,
computer typesetting, flyers, 4-color work, menus, placemats, notecards and imagesetter film from disk
I spotted one incipit where the
computer typesetting went crazy (S53/3), a very few typographical errors, and a few bibliographical abbreviations that were not explained.
Created with very little money, Rocappi researched and developed
computer typesetting techniques and eventually served as the world's first commercial
computer typesetting service bureau.
"Since then
computer typesetting and offset lithography have completely replaced the traditional letterpress process and digital printing is becoming an everyday occurrence," says Peter.
The paper had news bureaus in Africa, a United Nations correspondent, and in the early 1970s used
computer typesetting and a Goss offset four-color press in production that was state-of-the-art.
As it is, without
computer typesetting and a plastic substitute for the traditional boxwood (Resingrave, a slight variation on the formula for lawn furniture) the project would have been prohibitively expensive.
Furthermore, in the age of
computer typesetting it is inexcusable to relegate footnotes to the end of the book rather than put them at the foot of the page to which they belong.