Definition of monotype
(Entry 1 of 2)
: an impression on paper of a design painted usually with the finger or a brush on a surface (such as glass)
Monotype
noun (2)Definition of Monotype (Entry 2 of 2)
: a typesetting apparatus consisting of a keyboard whose operation produces perforations on a roll of paper and a caster which casts and assembles individual pieces of type in justified lines in the order determined by the perforations
—formerly a U.S. registered trademark
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The first known use of monotype was in 1882
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