| 释义 |
Varityper orig. and chiefly U.S.|ˈvɛərɪtaɪpə(r)|
Also Vari-typer, varityper.
[f. vari- + typer.]
The proprietary name of a kind of typewriter that has interchangeable type faces. Also, a kind of type-composing machine with similar operation.
1928Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 16 Oct. 494/1 Varityper. For typewriter machines. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Oct. 760/4 Latest Hammond (Varityper) Typewriter... Turn knob and you get another type shuttle—italics, smaller letters or accented, or Greek, each with close or open spacing. 1948Economist 13 Nov. 781/1 The varityper..has kept the Chicago newspapers going through a compositors' strike. 1956Trade Marks Jrnl. 11 Jan. 27/1 Vari-typer... Type composing machines for office use and parts thereof... Ralph C. Coxhead Corporation,..Newark, State of New Jersey, United States of America; manufacturers. 1959Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 3 Dec. 369/2 New ‘Vari-typer’ composition service with small-offset-litho reproduction. 1977San Antonio (Texas) Express News 30 Oct. 5e/4 She designed the layout, type⁓set it at home on an old varityper and made the negatives for the printer.
Hence ˈVari-type v. trans.; ˈVarityping vbl. n.
1955H. Quastler Information Theory in Psychol. p. iv, ‘Information Theory in Psychology’ was Vari-typed by Diane Folk, Stenographic Bureau, University of Illinois. 1960World's Press News 30 Dec. 15 Varityping plus photo litho printing results in lower cost and faster delivery for brochures, handbooks, leaflets, catalogues. |