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Record 1 2008-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

The setting of metal type by hand in which types are picked singly out of their case and placed in a composing stick word by word and line by line.

OBS

When the stick is full, the matter is lifted out of it and placed on the galley where the number of lines required for a page is made up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Composition obtenue par l'assemblage manuel de caractères typographiques préalablement fondus.

OBS

Le typographe prend les lettres une par une de leurs cassetins et les aligne successivement dans un composteur. Une fois rempli, le composteur est vidé sur une galée.

Spanish

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