| 单词 | letter founder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter founder letter founder n. Typography (now chiefly historical) a person who or company which makes metal type. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > type founding > type-founder > [noun] letter founder1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Matrice,..a money-makers, or letter-founders, Matrice; the mould or forme for the eyes of their markes, or letters. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 80 To let you know, how the Letter-Founder Cuts the Punches. 1747 B. Franklin Let. 25 May in Papers (1961) III. 129 Smoke from dry Rosin dropt into a little hot Letter Founders Ladle..does not destroy the Repellency. 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. 46 Letter founders call 3000 Lower case m's a Bill. 1887 T. B. Reed (title) History of the Old English Letter Founders. 1892 A. Powell Southward's Pract. Printing (ed. 4) xxxi. 292 Most of the letter-founders supply music types. 1956 Times 9 Oct. 13/2 Until 1931 he was London manager of Mssrs. Stephenson and Blake, the Sheffield letter founders. 2002 V. Yefimov in J. D. Berry Lang. Culture Type 139 The letter-founder Mikhail Yefremov was casting roman fonts. < as lemmas |
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