linotype [lahy-nuh-tahyp] ExamplesWord Origin verb, lin·o·typed, lin·o·typ·ing. Printing.
- to typeset on a Linotype machine.
Origin of linotype see origin at Linotype Related formslin·o·typ·er, lin·o·typ·ist, noun Linotype [lahy-nuh-tahyp] Trademark.
- a brand of typesetting machine that casts solid lines of type from brass dies, or matrices, selected automatically by actuating a keyboard.
Examples from the Web for linotype Historical Examples of linotype
The text of this book was set on the linotype in Baskerville.
Clarence Day
If the book is set in linotype, the make-up will have been unable to make these changes.
Various
This machine is called a linotype because it casts a whole line of type at a time.
Eva March Tappan
(d) The introduction of the Linotype machine, of which there are three in this establishment.
Various
These machines are called respectively the Linotype and Monotype.
The Romance of Modern Invention
Archibald Williams
British Dictionary definitions for linotype Linotype noun
- trademark a typesetting machine, operated by a keyboard, that casts an entire line on one solid slug of metal
- type produced by such a machine
Word Origin and History for linotype Linotype n.
1886, American English, trademark name (Mergenthaler Linotype Co.), from line o’ type, for a composing machine invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854-1899) in widespread use in newspaper production early 20c.