type foundry
- a word derived from type founder.
Example Sentences
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There being at that time no such thing in America, as a type-foundry, this defect appeared at first utterly incurable.
From The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers by Weems, Mason Locke
He was most anxious not to sell the type-foundry, and his parents have been severely criticised for their refusal to provide further funds for the purpose of carrying on that and the printing-office.
From Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings by Sandars, Mary F. (Mary Frances)
It was left to Cambridge to issue the best works of this class, for which that University borrowed the Oxford types, having no type-foundry of its own.
From A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
As a result of his efforts, the printing-press was sold to M. Laurent, and the type-foundry became the property of the De Bernys, under whom it was highly successful.
From Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings by Sandars, Mary F. (Mary Frances)
A type-foundry, a printing-press and a bookbinding establishment are maintained by the monks who supply religious and educational works for their co-religionists.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
