Callitype

/ˈkælɪtaɪp/ noun

An early photographic printing process that creates images using light-sensitive chemicals on paper or other surfaces.

From Greek 'kallos' (beauty) and 'typos' (print or impression), coined in the 19th century to describe a printing technique that aimed to produce beautiful reproductions of photographic images.

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