Linotype may refer to:
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Linotype machine
The Linotype machine ( ) is a "line casting" machine used in printing; manufactured and sold by the former Mergenthaler Linotype Company and related It was a hot metal typesetting system that cast lines of metal type for individual uses. Lin ...
, a typesetting machine, once commonly used for newspapers
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Mergenthaler Linotype Company
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company is a corporation founded in the United States in 1886 to market the Linotype machine (), a system to cast metal type in lines (linecaster) invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler. It became the world's leading manufacture ...
(later, Linotype GmbH), a type foundry that produced the first linotype machines
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Linotype (alloy) Linotype or eutectic alloy is a broad name applied to five categories of lead alloy
An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which at least one is a metal. Unlike chemical compounds with metallic bases, an alloy will retain all the propertie ...
, a group of lead alloys, used in linotype machines
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