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monotype

ˈmɑnəˌtaɪp
WordNet
  1. (n) monotype
    a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters
  2. (n) monotype
    (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Monotype
    A kind of keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.
  2. Monotype
    A print (but one impression can be taken) made by painting on metal and then transferring the painting to paper by pressure; also, the process of making such prints.
  3. Monotype
    (Biol) Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.
  4. Monotype
    (Biol) The only representative of its group, as a single species constituting a genus.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) monotype
    The only, single, or sole type, as a species single in its genus, a genus in its family, etc.; a typical representative alone of its kind.
  2. (n) monotype
    A print from a metal plate on which a picture is painted, as in oil-color or printers' ink. Only one proof can be made, since the picture is transferred to the paper.
  3. monotype
    Monotypic.
  4. (n) monotype
    The trade-name of a machine which casts and sets in order single types.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n., adj) Monotype
    mon′ō-tīp having only one type or representative: a print transferred from a painting on a metal plate
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Mono-, + -type,: cf. F. monotype,

Usage in the news

Monotype printmaking at Little House. almanacnews.com

Q&A with Barbara Marcus-McKenna, monotype artist. dailycamera.com

Barbara Marcus-McKenna prepares to make a monotype on her ancient "etching press". dailycamera.com

Stern Type Foundry's "Orphan Annie" Monotype Sorts Caster. eek.com

His practiced printmaking techniques include intaglio, lithography, relief, monotype, and mixed media. salisburypost.com

Monotype Imaging is a leading global provider of typefaces , technology and expertise related to user experience and brand integrity. forbes.com

Visitors view Nicole Eisenman's mixed media monotypes at a press preview of the 2012 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art. metro.us

Users are able to try thousands of fonts for free within any desktop application and rent selected fonts for as long as they're needed, says Chris Roberts, vice president and general manager of Monotype's e-commerce group. mactech.com

Monotype Imaging acquires Design By Front. mactech.com

Wendy Orville's monotype prints prove that translucence and color saturation aren't mutually exclusive. bainbridgereview.com

Renowned names in typesetting merge Monotype and Linotype — two of the most illustrious "names" in the printing industry — have merged. labelandnarrowweb.com

No recent news for Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. money.cnn.com

Usage in literature

It will be seen, therefore, that the casting portion of the monotype machine is actually automatic. "The Building of a Book" by Various

Most book work is done on the monotype machine. "Makers of Many Things" by Eva March Tappan

DE CANDOLLE, P., non-variability of monotypic genera, ii. "The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)" by Charles Darwin

The linotype and monotype machines, uncanny in their operations, have also come into common practice. "From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921" by H. C. Forster

You go back to the Monotype room and get a bunch of slugs and leads and saw them up to fill the cases. "Nine Men in Time" by Noel Miller Loomis

Published by the Lanston Monotype Machine Co., Philadelphia. "Type" by A. A. Stewart

Evolution, monotypic and polytypic, 21, 75, 102, 107, 112, 129. "Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3)" by George John Romanes

These machines are called respectively the Linotype and Monotype. "The Romance of Modern Invention" by Archibald Williams