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monotype keyboard

monotype keyboard

9.9
A keyboard that punches paper tape to tell a Monotype machine which letters to make
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : teclado de monotipo
  • Operators used a monotype keyboard to create punched tape for casting letters.

Examples

  • Our museum displays a restored monotype keyboard beside the Monotype caster.

  • The monotype keyboard was essential in early 20th-century newspaper production.

  • The monotype keyboard is essential for typesetting.

  • Many graphic designers prefer using a monotype keyboard.

  • Operators used a monotype keyboard to create punched tape for casting letters.

  • Our museum displays a restored monotype keyboard beside the Monotype caster.

  • The monotype keyboard was essential in early 20th-century newspaper production.

Synonyms

keyboard
vsmonotype keyboard
203 1.1

A set of keys you press to type on a computer or play a piano

is specialized for producing punched paper tapes that control casting individual pieces of type

Surface Forms

monotype keyboard singular
monotype keyboards plural

Morphology

monotype + keyboard

The compound is directly compositional: 'monotype' names the typesetting machine and 'keyboard' names the input device, so a 'monotype keyboard' is readily understood as the keyboard used with a monotype machine. Although the term is technical, its meaning follows a standard noun+noun modification pattern and is derivable by a learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

The noun monotype keyboard names a special keyboard used to punch long strips of paper into a tape. The holes in that tape told a Monotype machine which metal letters to make, so the keyboard's job was literally 'to make letters'.