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linotype

1

[ lahy-nuh-tahyp ]

verb

, Printing.
, lin·o·typed, lin·o·typ·ing.
  1. to typeset on a Linotype machine.


Linotype

2

[ lahy-nuh-tahyp ]

Trademark.
  1. a brand of typesetting machine that casts solid lines of type from brass dies, or matrices, selected automatically by actuating a keyboard.

Linotype

/ ˈlaɪnəʊˌtaɪp /

noun

  1. a typesetting machine, operated by a keyboard, that casts an entire line on one solid slug of metal
  2. type produced by such a machine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • lino·typer lino·typist noun
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Word History and Origins

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Example Sentences

A self-taught newspaper Linotype operator who immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico City, Luis Ocon’s purchase of Aardvark Typographers from his former boss Ken Matson coincided with the early adoption of computerized typesetting.

My newspaper career began at age 16 as a printer’s devil — cleaning presses, melting Linotype lead — for the weekly Ojai Valley News.

The skills required to turn hot lead into letters on a Linotype machine or to position a strip of cold type on a grid board were easily transferrable.

There, linotype machines would turn those paragraphs into rows of metal type.

At work, it came as bittersweet to sit down at the Linotype machine and copy articles.

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