单词 | letter founding |
释义 | > as lemmasletter founding letter founding n. Typography (now chiefly historical) the technique or process of making metal type. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > type founding > [noun] letter founding1683 letter foundry1785 type-casting1864 1683 J. S. Present State Eng.: Pts. III & IV iii. 96 Having spoken of Printing, it will not be unseasonable to intimate how much Letter-founding hath been advanc'd of late. 1767 J. Baskerville Let. 7 Sept. in B. Franklin Papers (1970) XIV. 249 I offered my whole Apparatus of Letter founding, printing &c. to the Court of France. 1825 T. C. Hansard Typographia i. ii. 54 Mr. Willet..determined to become fully acquainted with the practical part of letter-founding and printing. 1922 D. B. Updike Printing Types II. xvii. 98 The separation of printing from letter-founding was a gradual process. 1950 Dublin Hist. Rec. 11 59 Archbishop Parker..appears to have been interested in letter founding and typography. 2006 in S. Dunant In Company of Courtesan (2007) (end matter) Jenson started a new career in Venice in letter-founding and printing. < as lemmas |
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