linotype

• Наборная машина, управляемая с клавиатуры, которая отливает целую строку текста в виде единого металлического бруска, исторически использовавшаяся в газетной и книжной печати.

A typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line of type as a single solid slug of metal, historically used in newspaper and book printing.

имя собственное

1. C1formal

   A keyboard-operated typesetting machine that casts an entire line of type as a single solid slug of metal.

   Линотип

   • The Linotype revolutionized newspaper printing in the late 19th century.
   • He learned to operate a Linotype machine at the printing press.
   • The Linotype cast lines of type from molten lead alloy.