Linotype

¹ American  

[lahy-nuh-tahyp] / ˈlaɪ nəˌtaɪp /

Trademark.

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

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linotype ² American  

[lahy-nuh-tahyp] / ˈlaɪ nəˌtaɪp /

verb

Printing.

linotyped, linotyping

1. to typeset on a Linotype machine.

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Linotype British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• linotyper noun
• linotypist noun

Etymology

Origin of linotype

Linotype

Example Sentences

His mother was a schoolteacher and his father operated a linotype when he wasn’t unemployed.

From Salon

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Washington Post

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

From Washington Post