linotype

[ lahy-nuh-tahyp ]

/ ˈlaɪ nəˌtaɪp /

to typeset on a Linotype machine.

Origin of linotype

see origin at Linotype

lin·o·typ·er, lin·o·typ·ist, noun

Linotype

[ lahy-nuh-tahyp ]

/ ˈlaɪ nəˌtaɪp /

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

One of these which is much used in newspaper work, and to some extent upon books and magazines, is called the linotype.

American Inventions and Inventors |William A. Mowry
Alex is wild to learn to run a linotype machine, and there are no schools in Plainfield.

Joan of the Journal |Helen Diehl Olds
Sam Pickering's linotype had first revealed his gift for machinery.

The Wrong Twin |Harry Leon Wilson
In one place a Chinese linotype operator could not speak a word of English, yet he could read English copy and set a clean proof.

Seven Legs Across the Seas |Samuel Murray

It hung like a pall on the wall of the washroom,And gathered the grime of the linotype crew.

A line-o'-verse or two |Bert Leston Taylor

Linotype

/ (ˈlaɪnəʊˌtaɪp) /

trademark a typesetting machine, operated by a keyboard, that casts an entire line on one solid slug of metal

type produced by such a machine