Arabic Hot Metal

IF 0.3 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
T. Nemeth
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Abstract

This article investigates the beginnings of Arabic typographic composition with typesetting machinery. It discusses different claims in literature of the first instance of mechanical composition and juxtaposes them with findings from original research in archives of typesetting machinery manufacturers active at the beginning of the twentieth century. Based on this evidence, it suggests a new account of the development and use of the first Arabic casting machine. The article raises geographical and socio-cultural aspects that provided the circumstances for this development and re-situates it from the Middle East to the United States. It identifies the manufacturer of the first Arabic composition machine and type founts, as well as the customer who initiated and contributed to its development. It then considers how the Arabic Linotype was likely conceived in a collaboration between the customer and the manufacturer, pooling cultural and technical expertise for this pioneering effort. Finally, the article discusses the resulting type fount and considers its characteristics from a technical and a typographic-aesthetic perspective, illustrating some of the effects mechanisation had on Arabic typography.
阿拉伯热金属
这篇文章调查了阿拉伯排版组成与排版机械的开端。它讨论了文献中关于机械构图的不同主张,并将其与20世纪初活跃的排版机械制造商档案中的原始研究结果并置。基于这一证据,它对第一台阿拉伯铸造机的开发和使用提出了新的看法。这篇文章提出了为这一发展提供环境的地理和社会文化方面,并将其从中东重新定位到美国。它确定了第一台阿拉伯合成机和字体的制造商,以及发起和促进其发展的客户。然后,它考虑了阿拉伯Linotype是如何在客户和制造商之间的合作中构思的,为这一开创性的努力汇集了文化和技术专业知识。最后,文章讨论了由此产生的字体,并从技术和印刷美学的角度考虑了其特征,说明了机械化对阿拉伯印刷的一些影响。
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Philological Encounters
Philological Encounters Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
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