linotype
pronunciation
How to pronounce linotype in British English:
UK ['laɪnəʊtaɪp]
How to pronounce linotype in American English:
US ['laɪnoʊtaɪp]
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- Noun:
- a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal
Word Origin
- 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.
Example
- 1. German-born american inventor of the linotype typesetting machine ( patented 1884 )
- 2. Linotype began distributing eurostile decades ago , and during the early 1980s , it worked together with adobe to bring novarese 's creation into the digital age as postscript fonts .