Sort (typesetting)
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In physical typesetting, a sort or type is a block with a typographic character etched on it, used—when lined up with others—to print text. In movable-type printing, the sort or type is cast from a ma
Metal type sorts arranged on a composing stick
Slug (typesetting)
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In typesetting, a slug is any of several kinds of piece of lead or other type metal. One kind of slug is a piece of spacing material used to space paragraphs. In the era of commercial typesetting in m
Movable type on a composing stick on a type case, selected from a box of individual sorts