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Stylised illustration of two women and a boy working at a large machine: the pianotype

Trailer 01: The pianotype

February 8, 2022 admin 02:16 Comments Off

The pianotype was an elegant Victorian machine, which promised to revolutionise typography and literature. But why has no-one heard of it? LINKSYou can view the 1842 edition of ‘The Anatomy of Sleep’ by Dr Edward Binns online at the Internet Archive. You can see pictures of the Pianotype machine in Anna’s blog post for…

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