linotype

Speech parts

1. linotype - Noun

2. linotype - Verb

Meaning

a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Linotype machine cause basis account slug keyboard justification apology stereotype asterisk logotype monotype lino catchword boldface
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Hypernyms

typesetting machine

Examples

In a memoir written for Linotype, Zapf commented "The name "Optima" was not my idea at all. Source: Internet

In 1999, Microsoft worked with Zapf and Linotype to develop a new, authorized version of Palatino for Microsoft, called Palatino Linotype. Source: Internet

Linotype licensed Palatino to Adobe and Apple who incorporated it into the PostScript digital printing technology as a standard font. Source: Internet

Linotype released a more complex redesign named Palatino nova, together with digitisations of some of Zapf's other Renaissance-inspired designs and Aldus. Source: Internet

Mrs. Hollingsworth was a member of the Assembly of God in Frankston, and a retired linotype operator for The Frankston Citizen newspaper. Source: Internet

Between March 1981 and May 1982, following agreement with print unions, the hot-metal Linotype printing process used to print The Times since the 19th century was phased out and replaced by computer input and photo-composition. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Linosyris vulgaris linothorax linotroban Linotype machine linotyper linotypist