Linotype

Hot-metal machine maker

Linotype is a trademark for typesetting machines that cast whole lines of text as single metal pieces.

The brand name became so synonymous with the technology that it's often used generically in lowercase.

The newspaper upgraded to a newer Linotype model in 1952. (Lowercase linotype refers to the technology generically.)

machinery

linecasting

Mechanical type molding

keyboardArray of input keys
matricesRectangular numerical arrangements
slugsShell-less land mollusks

magazine · elevator · plunger · molds · crucible · assembler · distributor · escapement · casting · mechanical

history

Gutenberg

Printing press inventor's name

nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
Industrial RevolutionEra of mechanized production
BaltimoreMajor Maryland seaport

typesetter · handset · obsolete · mechanization · patent · Brooklyn · compositor · unionized · apprentice · journeyman

newspapers

newsroom

Media gathering hub

deadlineTime limit for completion
editionSingle published version
headlineNews article title

column · press · journalism · reporter · copy · typesetter · Fleet Street · masthead · broadsheet · tabloid

printing

galley

Onboard food preparation area

composingCreating musical works
pressworkPrinted matter collectively
letterpressPrinting from raised surfaces

proofing · makeup · imposition · electrotype · foundry · chase · quoin · lockup · flatbed · cylinder

typefaces

font

Character style set

matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
typefaceLettering style design
kerningLetter-pair spacing adjustment

spacing · sorts · roman · italic · bold · Excelsior · Ionic · Electra · Helvetica · em

Categories

printingprinting press, letterpress, printing, lithographers, offset printing
printing historyprinting press, Gutenberg, typographers, Gutenberg press, block printing
typesettingtypesetter, leading, font, kerning, typeface
prepress equipmentphototypesetter, typesetter, RIP
Type FoundriesVillage
typographyletters, font, calligraphy, font design, sans serif

Opposites

typesetting method

Linotypecomposing stick

Handheld typesetting tray

movable type · case work · letterpress

printing technology era

Linotypedesktop publishing

Computer-based document creation

phototypesetting · offset printing · cold type · laser printing · word processing

Family

line, type, typing, prototype, stereotype, archetype, typist, typewriter, typography

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G