The Monotype 4-Line System for Setting Mathematics

The companion piece to Rhatigan’s Three Typefaces for Mathematics, this essay looks closely at the version of the Monotype keyboard and caster used to set mathematics. After years of development in the 1950s, the already complicated Monotype system was modified to accommodate the complex demands of mathematical formulae and ultimately established a new standard for math in print.


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