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Louis Marius Moyroud

Born: 1914
Birthplace: Moirans, France

Photo composing machine—Moyroud and Higonnet developed the first practical phototypesetting machine, the Lumitype—later known as the Photon—which was first demonstrated in 1946 and introduced in America in 1948. (1985)


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