lead
Webster Dictionary
a thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing
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quotation
Webster Dictionary
a piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc
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slug
(ʌg)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a thick strip of type metal less than type-high.
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bearer
Webster Dictionary
a strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved
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stereotype
(ˈstɛr i əˌtaɪp, ˈstɪər-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a process for making printing plates by taking a mold of composed type and casting type metal from the mold.
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stereotype
Webster Dictionary
a plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing
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point
Webster Dictionary
a standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See Point system of type, under Type
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founder
(ˈfaʊn dər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one who founds metal or type.
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monotype
(ˈmɒn əˌtaɪp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a machine that casts and sets metal type.
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foundry
(ˈfaʊn dri)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an establishment where metal type is cast or melted down.
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quadrat
Webster Dictionary
a block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines
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lead
Webster Dictionary
one of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide
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galley
(ˈgæl i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a long narrow tray, usu. of metal, for holding type that has been set.
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quoin
(ɔɪn, kwɔɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a wedge of wood or metal for securing type in a chase.
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cold type
(ʊld)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
type set by a method other than the casting of molten metal, as by photocomposition.
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furniture
(ˈfɜr nɪ tʃər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pieces of wood or metal for holding pages of type in place in a chase.
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space
Webster Dictionary
a small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters
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rule
Webster Dictionary
a thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work
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space
(ɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of the blank pieces of metal, less than type-high, used in printing to separate words, sentences, etc.
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impose
Webster Dictionary
to arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc
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slug
Webster Dictionary
a thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc
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impose
(ɪmˈpoʊz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to lay (type pages, plates, etc.) in proper order on a slab of stone or metal and secure in a chase for printing.
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slug
(type slug, slug)
Princeton's WordNet
a strip of type metal used for spacing
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pica
(ˈpaɪ kə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the depth of this type size as a unit of linear measurement for type, pages containing type, etc.; one sixth of an inch.
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lead
(lead, leading)
Princeton's WordNet
thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
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leading
(lead, leading)
Princeton's WordNet
thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
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letter
Webster Dictionary
a single type; type, collectively; a style of type
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furniture
Webster Dictionary
pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase
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composing stick
(əmˈpoʊ zər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a portable, adjustable, usu. metal tray that the compositor holds in one hand while placing in it type gathered with the other hand.
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chase
(chase)
Princeton's WordNet
a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time
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