Sort (typesetting)
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Metal type sorts arranged on a composing stick.
In typesetting by hand compositing, a sort is a piece of type representing a specific letter or symbol, cast from a matrix mould and assembled with other sorts bearing additional letters into lines of type to make up a forme, from which a page is printed.
Related pages[change | change source]
- Sort - other uses of the word
- Typeface
- Typography
References[change | change source]
- Nesbitt, Alexander The History and Technique of Lettering (c) 1957, Dover Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-486-20427-8, Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 57-13116. The Dover edition is an abridged and corrected republication of the work originally published in 1950 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. under the title Lettering: The History and Technique of Lettering as Design.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Typowiki Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, a type wiki at typophile.com
- Metal Type - For Those who Remember Hot Metal Typesetting