These topics are "common" in the sense that they are shared between multiple models and/or between models from multiple manufacturers, not in the sense that they are necessarily quotidian.
The Overall Supporting Structure
[NOT DONE] [Of both Linotypes and Intertypes. Similarities. Differences.]
Decoding Matrices, 1: Geometry
[NOT DONE] [The Engineering Geometry of the Matrix.] [User Modifications of Matrices.] [Matrix Damage.]
Decoding Matrices 2: Teeth, Channels, & Characters/Fonts
The Matrix Tooth Pattern as a Binary Number. Matrix Teeth to Magazine Channel to Character.
[NOT DONE:] [Alternative Keyboard/Magazine Layouts.] [Spaces, Dashes, and Leaders.] [Spaces as Extra-Font Characters.] [Examples from the Field of Inter-Font Substitution within a Magazine.] [Which Fonts Run in Which Magazines?]
Decoding Matrices, 3: Markings
[NOT DONE] [Identifying the Manufacturer.] [Size and Face.] [Lines.] [Linotype Dot/Circle/X Patterns.]
Understanding Linotype/Intertype Model and "Equipment" Designations
For the nontrivial task of trying to understand Linotype and Intertype Model and (Intertype) "Equipment" designations, unlabeled variations between models, and models created by both manufacturers by remanufacturing their own or each other's machines (such as my beloved Model X), see the " Tools" -> " Composing Linecasters" Notebooks, which include (or will include) Notebooks on " Understanding Features which Distinguish Models," " Linotype Models" and " Intertype Models."
[NOTE TO SELF: Matrix Information Sources:]
A 2008 search of the USPTO records indicated that while "LINOTYPE" remains a trademark in category 9 for software and typefaces, the original trademark in category 7 for a "machine for producing type bars" / "typesetting machine" (registered 1909-06-29) had expired in both its original and later registrations
A 2008 search of the USPTO records indicated that the trademark "INTERTYPE", originally registered 1913-06-03, was expired.
A 2008 search of the USPTO records indicated that the trademark "LUDLOW" in category 7 for printing machinery, registered 1949-11-01, was expired. A search for "ELROD" discovered no trademark registration at all.
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