phototype

[ foh-tuh-tahyp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Printing.

phototype

/ ˈfəʊtəʊˌtaɪp; ˌfəʊtəʊˈtɪpɪk /

1. a printing plate produced by photography
2. a print produced from such a plate

First recorded in 1855–60; photo- + -type

A phototype and a chromo-phototype, issued by the New Shakspere Society, are the best reproductions for the purposes of study.

An entirely new and very important feature is the beautiful Phototype Engravings in rich colors.

Phototype, a block with impressions produced by photography from which engravings, &c., can be printed.

The plates are phototype reproductions from photographs of Patroclus, taken in action by Baldwin Coolidge.

To preserve anatomical accuracy, the finer results of both photography and of the phototype process have had to be sacrificed.

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