In printing and typography, hot metal typesetting (also called mechanical typesetting, hot lead typesetting, hot metal, and hot type) refers to technologies for typesetting text in letterpress printing. This method injects molten type metal into a mold that has the shape of one or more glyphs. The resulting sorts and slugs are later used to press ...
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Hot-metal typesetting is a method of setting type in which the type itself is cast from molten metal. Systems include the Monotype and Linotype machines. Hot-metal typesetting has largely been replaced by phototypesetting, which can more easily be computer-controlled.
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