Baltimore, Maryland, is well known as the birthplace of the typesetting machine that revolutionized publishing: the Linotype, invented by German immigrant Ottmar Mergenthaler in 1886.

What is a typesetting machine called?

printing. Alternate titles: composing machine, typecasting machine, typesetter.

When was the Monotype machine invented?

Monotype, (trademark), in commercial printing, typesetting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston in 1885 that produces type in individual characters, unlike Linotype, which sets type an entire line at a time.