monotype
One-off print
Monotype refers to a printing process that produces a single unique impression, or the print made by that process.
An artist creates an image on a smooth plate, then transfers it to paper—but unlike other printmaking methods, each print is one of a kind.
In typography, Monotype was also a major system for mechanical typesetting, casting individual letters in hot metal.
The term appears in biology for a genus containing only one species.
Singular pressed image
- plateFlat dish for food
- brayerHand roller for inking
- inkWriting fluid
- impressionEffect on the mind
transfer · registration · stencil · paper · pigment · pressure · texture · layering
Having no equivalent
- unrepeatableImpossible to do again
- singularOne in number
- uniqueOnly one exists
- one-offSingular, unrepeated instance
Typesetting machine trademark
- hot metalHeated metallic material
- typecastingAssigning actors similar roles
- fontCharacter style set
- typefaceLettering style design
matrix · mold · keyboard · caster · composing · lettering · Times New Roman · Baskerville
Grease-based flat plate printing
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- aquatintTonal etching process
- mezzotintTone-based intaglio method
- drypointNeedle-scratched printmaking method
woodcut · linocut · serigraphy · silkscreen · intaglio · engraving · photogravure · relief
monoprint
Singular pressed image
impression · transfer · registration · stencil · paper · pigment · pressure · texture · layering · masking
one-of-a-kind
Having no equivalent
- unrepeatableImpossible to do again
- singularOne in number
- uniqueOnly one exists
one-off · nonpareil · irreproducible · original · unmatched
Linotype
Typesetting machine trademark
- hot metalHeated metallic material
- typecastingAssigning actors similar roles
- fontCharacter style set
typeface · matrix · mold · keyboard · caster · composing · lettering · Times New Roman · Baskerville · slug
lithography
Grease-based flat plate printing
drypoint · woodcut · linocut · serigraphy · silkscreen · intaglio · engraving · photogravure · relief · screenprint
- graphic artsgraphic design, sketch, illustration, print, printmaking
- printingprinting press, letterpress, printing, lithographers, offset printing
- mono- wordsmonochrome, monocle, monogram, monorail, monochromatic
- printmakingprints, print, printing, woodcuts, woodcut
- print historyprinting press, printing presses, printing houses, print shops, Gutenberg
- printing equipmentlaser printer, photocopier, copier, digital copier, multifunction printer
monotypeedition
Single published version
print run · multiple · limited edition · lithograph · woodcut
monotypereproduction
Copying or procreation
copy · duplicate · replica · print edition · poster