cold type

noun

: composition or typesetting (such as photocomposition) done without the casting of metal

specifically : such composition produced directly on paper by a typewriter mechanism

Examples of cold type in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The skills required to turn hot lead into letters on a Linotype machine or to position a strip of cold type on a grid board were easily transferrable. —

John Kelly, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022

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