How to pronounce “linotype” in English

So somewhere in between that era of typesetting by hand and the linotype that you were referring to, stereotypes are actually the molds, correct,

Come the end of the 1800s, my favorite machine ever made is the Linotype.

actually was quite slow from the introduction of the Gutenberg press to innovations like stereotyping and the Linotype machine, like you were alluding to, so

It's just when three and four color printing is beginning, when Linotype machines are being developed, when national magazines and newspapers are requiring

But after 1800, we saw steam-powered rotary presses and Linotypes and typesetting machines and cheap paper made from wood pulp instead of fabric.

And just to continue the show-and-tell here, this is a matrix, a mold from the Linotype.

And a whole bunch of these put in a line allowed text to be created a line at a time-- thus, the linotype.