Definition of Monotype. Meaning of Monotype. Synonyms of Monotype

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Definition of Monotype

Monotype
Monotype Mon"o*type, Monotypic Mon`o*typ"ic, a. [Mono- + -type: cf. F. monotype.] (Biol.) Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.
Monotype
Monotype Mon"o*type, n. [Mono- + -type.] 1. (Biol.) The only representative of its group, as a single species constituting a genus. 2. 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. A kind of typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets individual types.

Meaning of Monotype from wikipedia

- 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...
- Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., founded as Lanston Monotype Machine Company in 1887 in Philadelphia by Tolbert Lanston, is an American (historically Anglo-American)...
- Monotype fonts were developed by the Monotype company. This name has been used by three firms. Two of them had their roots in "hot metal" or lead type...
- Monotype Grotesque is a family of sans-serif typefaces released by the Monotype Corporation for its hot metal typesetting system. It belongs to the grotesque...
- In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not...
- Look up monotype in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A monotype is a print made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface. Monotype may also...
- The Monotype system is a system for printing by hot-metal typesetting from a keyboard. The two most significant differences from the competing Linotype...
- A po****r lookalike design has been Monotype Corsiva, by Patricia Saunders at the Monotype Corporation. Monotype at the time created or licensed many...
- artistic adviser to the British branch of the printing equipment company Monotype, in collaboration with Victor Lardent, a lettering artist in The Times's...
- typeface was designed in 1982 by Robin Nicholas and Patricia Saunders, for Monotype Typography. It is metrically compatible with Helvetica, enabling do****ents...