Leopold Weiß (typesetter)

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Leopold Weiß (* 1840 ; † March 1923 in Vienna ) was an Austrian typesetter .

In the late 19th century he developed a system of logotypes that was supposed to speed up hand typesetting . In 1883 in a betting in Vienna he reached 3,500 letters in one hour. A society was formed in England that wanted to work with his system. White continued to improve his system despite the introduction of the typesetting machine .

literature

  • Hans-Jürgen Wolf: History of the graphic process. A contribution to the history of technology. Historia, Dornstadt 1990, ISBN 3-980-0257-4-8 .
personal data
SURNAME White, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian typesetter
DATE OF BIRTH 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 1923
Place of death Vienna