foundry type


nounPrinting.
  1. type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.

  • Also British, founders' type .

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How to use foundry type in a sentence

  • There are 18 units in a quad, which, unlike the em quad of foundry type, in the smaller sizes is not usually an exact square.

    Typesetting | A. A. Stewart