Logographic printing
As Logotypie involve a practice in the pleading, in which two or more characters on a type, the so-called logotype, are summarized. With the method they wanted to increase the speed of putting the hand set.
History
Already in 1682, the chemist Johann Joachim Becher, in his work Foolish wisdom and folly as ideas for a logo type system before, but the reaction fails to financial resources.
A first application of logotypes in practice takes the Frenchman François -Paul Barletti de Saint- Paul ( 1734-1809 ). In 1776 he published in Paris the font Nouveau au moyen de diminuer systems typographique de moité le travail et les frais de composition, de correction et de distribution (English: New typographic system, by means of which the work and the cost of the translator, the be reduced corrector and derivate by half). In this he proposes the use of syllabic signs. In 1792 he received from the French Government for the development of his project 20,000 francs.
Henry Johnson, an English typographer, developed in 1778 a system that summarizes frequently used syllables on a font. After being patented in his system, he sold it to John Walter, the owner of the Times. This calls henceforth System Walter.
The first logo type system in Germany is used by Menck, the owner of a printing office in Hamburg, over here he speaks at the Gutenberg celebrations in 1840. The system builds on the developments in England.
To reduce the workload Further developments with the aim arise in Vienna, Zurich, London and Sarajevo, among which are also prominent people such as Charles Stanhope and William Caslon.
Logotypie proven not in hand set, the machine set they found only in the Linotype typesetting machine Ideal still apply, but this is an exception.
Quick setting competition
In a competition in the Quick Set occur around 1850, the typesetter W. Hughes and Major Beniowski with his newly invented logotype system against each other, with the conventionally -working coaster is faster. Here, the boundaries of the logo type system show that the number of additional compartments in the hutch make the work complicated, especially the drop takes too much time.
The word and sum limbs system of white
The Vienna typesetter Leopold Weiss developed the word and sum limbs system, which is considered the most perfect logo type system. It builds on the Characteres sténotypes of Schriftgiessers A. Pinard from Paris. The system of white consists of 39 figures that summarize two or three letters. He puts his system for numerous languages around, with its logotype hutch contains 668 subjects, the largest even over 1200. When a betting Put it reaches 3,500 letters per hour. Although White is now facing stiff competition by the typesetting machine, he developed his system on.
Reasons for the failure of Logotypiesystemen
The potential time saved set of combined syllables is zunichtegemacht by the complicated structure of the letter case, because when setting and storing the translator must keep the high number of subjects in the memory. The size of the letter case rises significantly and the arm of the translator must travel longer distances to reach all subjects. Incorrectly ordered types also can be found hard again. Finally logo type systems are also more expensive to purchase, or production. Ultimately, to prevail, none of the Logotypiesysteme due to these disadvantages, especially since the rise of typesetting machines promise better way to increase the set speed.