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linotype::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | linotype machine |
| Type of | typesetting machine |
Examples of linotype
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Monotype and linotype typesetting machines were introduced in the late 19th century.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Today, techniques such as linotype hot metal printing are a distant memory.
From the bucksfreepress.co.uk
Linotype fonts that support Romanian glyphs mostly follow this convention.
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Linotype had its own magic due to the ease and flexibility of the trade.
From the theatlantic.com
Newspapers were typically set in hot lead by devices such as a linotype.
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Linotype dominated for nearly a hundred years, and it's time to revisit the machine's origins.
From the theatlantic.com
One of the Journal's staff members is a former linotype operator who always wanted to be a reporter.
From the time.com
After they got all the copy written for Vol. 1 No. 1, they spent three weeks hunting for a linotype operator.
From the time.com
If printing history and the smell of ink thrills you, get your fix among ancient printing presses and linotype machines.
From the sfgate.com
- A typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal
- Linotype or eutectic alloy is a broad name applied to five categories of lead alloys used in manufacture of type, each with three to five sub-classifications.
- A keyboard typesetting machine, invented in 1886 by Ottmar Mergenthaler, that automatically casts solid lines of type from brass dies or matrices when selected; contraction derived from casting a "line of type" at one time. ...
- Manufacturers of a range of high resolution phototypesetting machines such as the 100, 202, 300 and 500. The 100, 300 and 500 series are capable of processing PostScript files through an external RIP and typesetting desktop publishing files direct from disk at 1270dpi and beyond.
- Linotype is a trade name for a typesetting process in which type to be placed in a letterset form could be cast in lines rather than individual letters. After use these metal lines of type could be melted down and reused. It cut down dramatically on labor costs in typesetting.
- Old style machine used to produce hot type, one line at a time (no longer in use).
- (n.): a typesetting machine used in publishing. Find out more about Linotype machines.
- A machine for the mechanical setting of type, the brainchild of Ottmar Merganthaler of Baltimore, to whom all praise be given. The Linotype operator used hot metal, melted lead, to create slugs of type by manipulating a keyboard. (courtesy of John E McIntyre)
- A machine that is used to set and produces lines of type for Letterpress Printing.
