the only print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture is painted in oil color, printing ink, or the like.
the method of producing such a print.
Biology. the only type of its group, as a single species constituting a genus.
any of various typesetting systems, esp originally one in which each character was cast individually from hot metal
type produced by such a system
a single print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture has been painted
biology a monotypic genus or species
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Commercial air travel as we know it is too entrenched and settling down ever deeper into a sheer monotype: twin-engine airliners, small-to-medium size, geared to worldwide productivity.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2019
“From the Heart,” a monotype of a ruddy-colored, long-haired female figure charging across a void, is downright exuberant.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2017
Matisse’s small monotype portraits from World War I stand out as “carved” with a few clean, deft needle-fine lines.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2010
“Nuclei” incorporates the patterns of printing screens into its jagged yet delicate composition, and “Mood Indigo” is a collage of monotype shards, torn and then assembled on a white backdrop.
From Washington Post
The reason why the machine is called a monotype is that the letters are made one at a time, and monos is the Greek word for one.
From Makers of Many Things by Tappan, Eva March
“It’s becoming more and more important,” added Steve Matteson, creative type director at Monotype, a company that creates, licenses and designs fonts for brands.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2018
Monotype, an American firm founded in 1887, is the industry’s biggest.
From Economist ● Jun. 26, 2014
By the late 1980s the personal computer had begun to loosen the hold that big European font houses such as Linotype and Monotype had on the market.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 8, 2014
The Linotype and the Monotype dispensed with that bottleneck.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 21, 2013
So when the Monotype casterman set a job in Caslon that should have been set in Century, I turned him over to Dr. Hudson.
From Nine Men in Time by Loomis, Noel Miller
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