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Lasercomp 70i composing machine, 1987, from the Monotype Corporation at the Monotype Works in Surrey. This represents a newer generation of composition machine which stored the shapes of letters in its memory and scanned them whole lines at a time using lasers.

Monotype Lasercomp 70i Composing Machine

1987
Monotype studio lettering machine, 1971, from the Monotype Corporation at the Monotype Works in Surrey. Enlarger-style unit incorporating a semi-automatic composition process for text in sizes from 3mm to 125mm on light-sensitive paper or film. Accompanied by a selection of matrix discs for typefaces with their origins in the hot-metal process.

Monotype Studio Lettering Machine, 1971

1971
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Devanagari (Typeface Series number: 155) and Devanagari Bold (Typeface Series number: 346), 14 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.4 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1970.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Devanagari (Typeface Series number: 155) and Devanagari Bold (Typeface Series number: 346)

1970
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Devanagari (Typeface Series number: 155), 12 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.4 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1972.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Devanagari (Typeface Series number: 155)

1972
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262), 10 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1952.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262)

1952
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262) and Gill Sans Bold (Typeface Series number: 275), 8 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1950.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262) and Gill Sans Bold (Typeface Series number: 275)

1950
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Devanagari (Typeface Series number: 155) and Devanagari Bold (Typeface Series number: 346), 16 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.4 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1966.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Devanagari (Typeface Series number: 155) and Devanagari Bold (Typeface Series number: 346)

1966
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 7.5 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1978.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1978
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 8 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1981.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1981
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 8 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1977.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1977
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 14 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1957.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1957
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 12 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1978.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1978
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262) and Superiors (Typeface Series number: L78), 10D, 11 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1980.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262) and Superiors (Typeface Series number: L78)

1980
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S16651) and Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 12 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1965.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S16651) and Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1965
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 6 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1981.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1981
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 6 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1968.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1968
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262), 7 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1954.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262)

1954
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262), 8 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1978.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262)

1978
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Devanagari (Typeface Series number: 155), 10 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.4 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1982.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Devanagari (Typeface Series number: 155)

1982
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Special Signs, 6.5 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1961.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Special Signs

1961
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 16 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.4 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1968.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1968
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 10 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1966.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1966
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 10 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1983.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1983
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 8 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1950.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1950
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 14 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1979.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1979
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 11 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1984.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1984
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262) and Superiors (Typeface Series number: L78), 8 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1981.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262) and Superiors (Typeface Series number: L78)

1981
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262), 6D, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1970.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262)

1970
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Devanagari (Typeface Series number: 155) and Devanagari Bold (Typeface Series number: 346), 16 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.4 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1965.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Devanagari (Typeface Series number: 155) and Devanagari Bold (Typeface Series number: 346)

1965
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Devanagari (Typeface Series number: 155) and Devanagari Bold (Typeface Series number: 346), 14 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.4 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1964.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Devanagari (Typeface Series number: 155) and Devanagari Bold (Typeface Series number: 346)

1964
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262), 14 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1945.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262)

1945
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262) , 11 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1959.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262)

1959
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262), 18 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.4 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1961.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262)

1961
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262), 9 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1976.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262)

1976
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 18 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.4 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1959.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1959
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S16652) and Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 11 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1965.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S16652) and Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1965
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 10 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1979.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1979
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 11 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1982.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1982
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262), 10 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1982.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262)

1982
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262), Superiors (Typeface Series number: L78) and Inferiors (Typeface Series number: L182), 12 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2” x 0.2” matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1982.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262) and Superiors (Typeface Series number: L78)

1982
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262), Gill Sans Upright (Typeface Series number: 572) and Superiors (Typeface Series number: L78), 10 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2” x 0.2” matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1971.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262) and Gill Sans Upright (Typeface Series number: 572)

1971
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 12 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1972.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1972
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262) and Superiors (Typeface Series number: L78), 14 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1971.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262) and Superiors (Typeface Series number: L78)

1971
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for test glass, used with epidiascope. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1978.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for test glass

1978
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for tool profile, used with epidiascope. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1964.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for tool profile

1964
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262), 12 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.4 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1952.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262)

1952
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262), Gill Sans Upright (Typeface Series number: 572), Gill Sans Bold Upright (Typeface Series number: 625) and Superiors (Typeface Series number: L78), 6 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2” x 0.2” matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1970.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262) and Gill Sans Upright (Typeface Series number: 572)

1969
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S18883), 6.5, 9, 11, 13 pt, Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S16409) and Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S16410), 10 pt, Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S10816), 6.5 pt and Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S983), 11D, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2" x 0.4" matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1965.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S18883) and Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S16409)

1965
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S26371), Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S26376) and Gill Sans (Typeface Series number: 262), 5 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2" x 0.4" matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1973.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S26371) and Special Signs (Typeface Series number: S26376)

1973
Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327), 7 pt, used with epidiascope for final inspection of Monotype 0.2 inch x 0.2 inch matrices. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited, in Salfords, Surrey, 1978.

Monotype Matrix Measuring Glass for Times New Roman (Typeface Series number: 327)

1978