[f. Gr. στίγμα (see STIGMA; here taken in the sense of στιγμή point, dot) + -typy after STEREOTYPY or similar words.] The art or process of printing portraits, etc., with small types bearing dots of different sizes, so as to produce an effect of light and shade.
1875. Southward, Dict. Typogr., Stigmatypy, printing with points; the arrangement of points of various thicknesses to produce a picture.
