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Definition of Type founder

Type founder
1 American 9 Bourgeois [bar] [bar] 11/2 German [bar] 2 Saxon 10 Long Primer [bar] [bar] 21/2 Norse [bar] 3 Brilliant 11 Small Pica [bar] [bar] 31/2 Ruby 12 Pica [bar] [bar] 4 Excelsior [bar] 41/2 Diamond 14 English [bar] [bar] 5 Pearl 16 Columbian [bar] [bar] 51/2 Agate [bar] 6 Nonpareil 18 Great Primer [bar] [bar] 7 Minion [bar] 8 Brevier 20 Paragon [bar] [bar] Diagram of the "points" by which sizes of Type are graduated in the "Point System". Type founder, one who casts or manufacture type. Type foundry, Type foundery, a place for the manufacture of type. Type metal, an alloy used in making type, stereotype plates, etc., and in backing up electrotype plates. It consists essentially of lead and antimony, often with a little tin, nickel, or copper. Type wheel, a wheel having raised letters or characters on its periphery, and used in typewriters, printing telegraphs, etc. Unity of type (Biol.), that fundamental agreement in structure which is seen in organic beings of the same class, and is quite independent of their habits of life. --Darwin.

Meaning of Type founder from wikipedia

- a type foundry is a company that designs or distributes typeface s. independent type foundries: alphabet soup type founders. altered ego
- typography (from the greek words τύπος (typos) form and γραφή (graphe) writing) is the art and technique of arranging type in order to
- american type founders (atf) was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries , representing about 85% of all type
- american type founders was the largest producer of foundry type in the world, not only of in-house designs, but also from designs that came
- continental type founders association was founded by melbert brinckerhoff cary jr. in 1925 to distribute foundry type imported from
- an eminent stereotyper and type-founder in philadelphia and one of the most extensive and successful type-founders in the united states
- joseph fry (1728 – 27 march 1787), was an english type-founder and chocolate maker and founder of the bristol branch of the quaker fry
- designer who headed the design department of the american type founders (atf), for which he was the chief type designer from 1900 to 1937.
- barnhart brothers & spindler type foundry was founded as the great western type bought out by american type founders in 1911 with the
- edmund fry (1754–1835) was an english type-founder. early life: fry was the son of joseph fry , and member of the bristol fry family , born at