Did you know that Linotype made a competing machine to the Ludlow in the 1930s?
It was called the APL: All-Purpose Linotype, and it was basically a total failure.
Most print shops with a Linotype already had a Ludlow for headline typecasting and the APL was more expensive and more complicated.
The APL was around for only five years and then quietly discontinued with only 200 machines or so sold.
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Doug Wilson
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