Monotype (disambiguation)
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A monotype
is a print made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface.
Monotype may also refer to:
Monotyping
Monotyping is a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface. The surface, or matrix, was historically a copper etching plate, but in contemporary work it can vary from zinc or glass to acrylic glass. The image is then transferred onto a sheet of paper by...
is a print made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface.
Monotype may also refer to:
- A monotypic taxon
- Monotype CorporationMonotype CorporationMonotype Imaging Holdings is a Delaware corporation based in Woburn, Massachusetts and specializing in typesetting and typeface design as well as text and imaging solutions for use with consumer electronics devices. Monotype Imaging Holdings is the owner of Monotype Imaging Inc., Linotype,...
, a typesetting and typeface design company.- Monotype SystemMonotype SystemThe Monotype system is a set of two machines, the Monotype keyboard and the Monotype caster, which are used to typeset printed matter....
- the typesetting machine made by the Monotype Corporation. From these is derived the specialist term in printing which is defined by Collins English Dictionary as
- Monotype System
- (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding)™ any of various typesetting systems, esp originally one in which each character was cast individually from hot metal
- (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) type produced by such a system (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Monotype)