type founder

noun

1. a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.

type founder

noun

1. a person who casts metallic printer's type

Derived Forms

• type foundry, noun
• type founding, noun

Other Words From

• type founding noun
• typefoundry noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of type founder¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

John Baskerville, an English printer and type founder, of rare celebrity, died.

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Anthony Bessemer was also eminently successful as a type-founder.

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It is to be remembered, however, that in the early days of printing, every printer was his own type-founder.

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Franklin had Didot, the master type founder, come to Passy to teach Ben how "to cast printing types."

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He tried the trades of publisher, printer, type-founder, and succeeded in encumbering himself with debt.

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