Linotype

Definition of Linotype

Lin´o`type
n.1.(Print.) A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings, each of which corresponds to a line of separate types. By pressing the keys of a keyboard like one on a typewriter, the matrices for one line are properly arranged; the entire line, or stereotype, or slug, is then cast and planed, and the matrices are returned to their proper places, the whole process being automatic.

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Intertype, Monotype, cold-type typesetting, composing, composing stick, composition, computerized typesetting, dummy, furniture, galley chase, hot-metal typesetting, imposition, justification, layout, line of type, photocomposition, photosetting, phototypesetter, phototypesetting machine, quoin, setting, slug, typesetting, typesetting machine
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