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Printing. One of the two type cases used by a compositor in setting type, typically containing the small letters, spaces, quadrats, and…
Printing. A receptacle or frame in which the types of a font of music characters are stored or arranged before being set.
a receptacle for types, used in job printing and having boxes for both upper- and lower-case types.