linotype
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Linotype is a method of typesetting that casts entire lines of text as single metal slugs, rather than assembling individual letters.
The technology dominated newspaper and book printing from the 1880s through the 1970s, when phototypesetting and digital methods replaced it.
A linotype machine or its operator may also be called a linotype.
He spent forty years as a linotype operator at the Tribune. (Capitalized Linotype is the trademark.)
Array of input keys
- matricesRectangular numerical arrangements
- slugNaked terrestrial mollusk
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
- castingShaping through liquid form
magazine · elevator · assembler · distributor · mold · crucible · plunger · ejector
Character style set
- typefaceLettering style design
- slugNaked terrestrial mollusk
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
leading · kerning · glyph · serif · sans-serif · em · baseline · ligature
Printing press inventor's name
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
- obsolescenceState of becoming disused
- phototypesettingTypographic method using projected light
computerization · letterpress · craft · apprenticeship · union · compositor · printshop · legacy
News gathering and dissemination
- pressroomPrinting or briefing facility
- compositorOne who arranges type
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- editionSingle published version
copy · makeup · paste-up · proofreader · headline · column · editorial · publisher
Creating musical works
- foundryMetal casting facility
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
stereotype · quoin · chase · furniture · sorts · linecasting · justification · Ludlow
keyboard
Array of input keys
- matricesRectangular numerical arrangements
- slugNaked terrestrial mollusk
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
casting · magazine · elevator · assembler · distributor · mold · crucible · plunger · ejector · operator
font
Character style set
- typefaceLettering style design
- slugNaked terrestrial mollusk
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
spacing · leading · kerning · glyph · serif · sans-serif · em · baseline · ligature · lowercase
Gutenberg
Printing press inventor's name
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
- obsolescenceState of becoming disused
phototypesetting · computerization · letterpress · craft · apprenticeship · union · compositor · printshop · legacy · museum
journalism
News gathering and dissemination
- pressroomPrinting or briefing facility
- compositorOne who arranges type
- deadlineTime limit for completion
edition · copy · makeup · paste-up · proofreader · headline · column · editorial · publisher · circulation
composing
Creating musical works
galley · stereotype · quoin · chase · furniture · sorts · linecasting · justification · Ludlow · antimony
linotypephototypesetting
Typographic method using projected light
desktop publishing · offset printing · cold type · inkjet printing · word processing