Linotype

How To Use Linotype In A Sentence

• I grew up in the midst of a swirling world of linotype machines and printing presses, promotions, weekly deadlines, and an unending parade of local politicians and merchants.
• The 19th century was remarkable for its technological advances in the printing process, with the introduction of linotype, electrotype, stereotype and - in the 20th century - monotype, along with the mechanical manufacture of paper.
• For nearly a century, the text to be printed was cast in hot metal, using monotype to set single characters or linotype to set text line by line.
• At my first job in New York I had an IBM Selectric and carbon paper for copies, and we sent books to be typeset on big linotype machines in Pennsylvania.
• If the linotyper has made any mistakes in spelling or printing, they have to be corrected. The Blue Birds' Winter Nest
• Publishing used to be a very mechanical industry: trays of metal type, huge Linotype type-casting machines weighing a tonne or so each, gigantic rotary printing machines, and so on.
• We had a linotype machine and a hand letterpress, then we bought a small photo-offset press. 2009 December | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS
• In those days type was cast in hot metal on Linotype machines and if power was off, the metal went cold.
• For nearly a century, the text to be printed was cast in hot metal, using monotype to set single characters or linotype to set text line by line.
• The fact that he chose Monotype's Times New Roman over Linotype's Times Old Roman is a subtle reminder of the ever-ubiquitous reach of the software giant, one of its licensees.