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autotypic

autotypic

9.9
About a printing process that makes images with many small dots
  • adjective
  • Archaic
: autotípico
  • The clarity of autotypic engravings made them popular in 19th-century books.

Examples

  • The autotypic process revolutionized image reproduction in the publishing industry.

  • In autotypic printing, the details are remarkably sharp.

  • Modern digital techniques have replaced many autotypic printing methods.

  • The autotypic method produces high-quality images.

  • The autotypic process revolutionized image reproduction in the publishing industry.

  • The clarity of autotypic engravings made them popular in 19th-century books.

  • In autotypic printing, the details are remarkably sharp.

Surface Forms

autotypic positive

Morphology

autotypic = autotype (semi-transparent) = autotype + ic

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-ic' to the technical noun 'autotype'; morphological formation is regular but the resulting meaning is specialized to printing/photoengraving and not obvious to general learners.

Etymology

The word autotypic comes from auto- 'self' and -typic from typos 'impression' or 'type'. Think of auto- like in automatic and type like the printing 'type' you know. So autotypic describes printing and photoengraving methods that make an image from the original itself.