type founder
noun
a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
type foundry
-
a word derived from
type founder.
Example Sentences
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In 1952, after graduating from the School of Applied Arts in Zurich, Mr. Frutiger moved to Paris, where he was a designer with the type foundry Deberny & Peignot, eventually becoming its artistic director.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2015
The first foundry for casting type for printers was set up in 1769, and only last year Benjamin Franklin brought back from France enough equipment for a complete type foundry along modern French lines.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week it was worth watching once more; the front page looked like the result of an explosion in a type foundry.
From Time Magazine Archive
The type foundry and printing-press manufactory, is one of the most extensive in the United States.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by John Mason Peck
From there he went to learn a trade in the type foundry in Great Thames Street.
From Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott
