| 单词 | letter foundry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter foundry letter foundry n. Typography a foundry which makes metal type; (also) = letter founding n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > type founding > [noun] letter founding1683 letter foundry1785 type-casting1864 1785 W. Caslon Specimen of Printing Types (front matter) The acknowledged Excellence of this Foundry..having gained universal Encomiums on its ingenious Improver and Perfecter, (whose uncommon Genius transferred the Letter-Foundry Business from Holland to England..) has excited the Jealousy of the envious. 1838 (title) Specimen book of types cast at the Austin Letter Foundry. 1876 National Printing Office Lisbon (Philadelphia Exhib. 1876) 16 The Letter-foundry comprehends the following dependencies: Engraving, galvonoplastic and galvanographic compartment; Letter-foundry and stereotypy [etc.] 1922 Printing Art July 363/2 Letter foundries soon sprang up in Paris, Lyons, and Rouen, where punches, matrices, and cases of type of all kinds could be had. 1997 New Hampsh. Sunday News (Nexis) 30 Nov. e1 Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press is an independent publishing house and also a letter foundry and press. < as lemmas |
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