type founder
a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
Origin of type founder
1Other words from type founder
- type founding, noun
- typefoundry, noun
Words Nearby type founder
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How to use type founder in a sentence
John Baskerville, an English printer and type founder, of rare celebrity, died.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAnthony Bessemer was also eminently successful as a type-founder.
Stories of Invention | Edward E. HaleIt is to be remembered, however, that in the early days of printing, every printer was his own type-founder.
From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 | H. C. ForsterFranklin had Didot, the master type founder, come to Passy to teach Ben how "to cast printing types."
Benjamin Franklin | Frank Luther MottHe tried the trades of publisher, printer, type-founder, and succeeded in encumbering himself with debt.
A History of French Literature | Edward Dowden
British Dictionary definitions for type founder
a person who casts metallic printer's type
Derived forms of type founder
- type founding, noun
- type foundry, noun
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