linotyper
Hot metal compositor
A linotyper is a person who operates a Linotype machine, the hot-metal typesetting device that dominated newspaper and book printing through most of the 20th century.
The operator would type at a keyboard, and the machine would cast entire lines of metal type—hence "line o' type." The trade largely disappeared with the shift to phototypesetting and digital printing.
Media gathering hub
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- editionSingle published version
- compositorOne who arranges type
- pressApply force downward
copy · column · headline · slug · pressroom · typographical · reporter · editorial
Array of input keys
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- linecastingMechanical type molding
- castingShaping through liquid form
- slugNaked terrestrial mollusk
lead · alloy · antimony · tin · quadding · spacing · justification · galley
One who works machinery
- chaseRapid following of quarry
- quoinAngled masonry block
- furnitureMovable room objects
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
stone · imposition · lockup · makeup · stick · em-dash · en-dash · pica
Learner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- unionJoining into one
- speedRate of motion
- accuracyDegree of correctness
touch-typing · squirt · pi · sorts
newsroom
Media gathering hub
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- editionSingle published version
- compositorOne who arranges type
press · copy · column · headline · slug · pressroom · typographical · reporter · editorial · publisher
keyboard
Array of input keys
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- linecastingMechanical type molding
- castingShaping through liquid form
slug · lead · alloy · antimony · tin · quadding · spacing · justification · galley · Ludlow
operator
One who works machinery
galley · stone · imposition · lockup · makeup · stick · em-dash · en-dash · pica · foundry
apprentice
Learner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- unionJoining into one
- speedRate of motion
accuracy · touch-typing · squirt · pi · sorts