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Phototype vs Phototypy - What's the difference?

phototype | phototypy |

As nouns the difference between phototype and phototypy

is that phototype is a metal printing block, used in the photogravure process while phototypy is the art or process of producing phototypes.

phototype

English

Noun

(wikipedia phototype) (en noun)
  • A metal printing block, used in the photogravure process
  • type that has been set using phototypesetting
  • A measure of the susceptibility of the skin to tan, depending on the amount of melanin in the skin

    • phototypy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The art or process of producing phototypes.
    • (Webster 1913)