A monotype is a print made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface.
Monotype may also refer to:
- A monotypic taxon
- Monotype Corporation, a typesetting and typeface design company.
- Monotype System - the typesetting machine made by the Monotype Corporation.
From these is derived the specialist term in printing which is defined by Collins English Dictionary as
- Monotype System - the typesetting machine made by the Monotype Corporation.
- (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) any of various typesetting systems, esp originally one in which each character was cast individually from hot metal
- (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) type produced by such a system (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Monotype)