type founding
- a word derived from type founder.
Example Sentences
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Its chief trade is in books, furs, leather, and cloth, and its chief industries type-founding and pianoforte-making.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
There seems to have been a temporary lull in English fine printing and the kind of type-founding that contributed to it.
From Why Bewick Succeeded A Note in the History of Wood Engraving by Kainen, Jacob
Bruce and his brother also began type-founding about this time, and abandoned the business of printing.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
In all his letters to his printer friends, Franklin shows not only a lively interest in improvements and inventions for the trade, but also an increasing interest in the artistic side of printing and type-founding.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.
He became interested in china-making, soap-boiling and type-founding businesses in Bristol, and in a chemical works at Battersea, all of which ventures proved very profitable.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
