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phototype, n.|ˈfəʊtətaɪp|
[f. Gr. ϕῶς light, photo- + -type.]
A plate or block for printing from, produced by a photographic process, or by a combination of photography with etching or some mechanical process; also, the process by which such a plate is produced, or a picture, etc., printed from it. Formerly, name of a process of carbon printing invented by M. Joubert. Also attrib.
1859Sat. Rev. 26 Feb. 242/1 The term Phototypes being reserved for such as yield impressions that may be taken off from a flat surface by a mechanical method of printing, analogous to that of the lithographer or of the anastatic printer. 1867Athenæum 20 July 90/1 The process generally employed has been that of lithography from the phototype. 1881Nation (N.Y.) XXXII. 441 A phototype portrait of the late Thomas A. Scott. 1888Academy 16 June 405/1 The phototypes are frequently too dark and sombre. 1902Wall Dict. Photogr. 503 Phototype, a mechanical printing process in which a gelatine film itself is used to print from.
Hence ˈphototype v. trans., to reproduce (a picture, MS., etc.) by means of phototypy; phototypic |-ˈtɪpɪk| a., pertaining to or of the nature of a phototype; photoˈtypically adv., by means of a phototype; ˈphototypist, a maker of phototypes; ˈphototypy, the art or process of making phototypes.
1859Sat. Rev. 22 Jan. 98/1 Each of the phototypic methods at present before the world..seeks to attain this object by acting upon one and the same fundamental chemical fact. Ibid., Various processes of photoglyphy and phototypy. 1887Sci. Amer. 17 Dec. 385/1 A combined albumen and asphalt process of phototypy. 1888Athenæum 11 Aug. 198/3 May Prof. Brunn and his editor, his phototypist and his subscribers, live for ever. 1891Chicago Advance 16 July, Phototypically. Mod. The MS. is being phototyped. |