metal tipográfico

m.

type metal.

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(n.) = type-metal [typemetal], typemetal

Ex. Printing types were cast in an alloy of lead, antimony, and tin called type-metal.

Ex. At all periods, but uncommonly before the eighteenth century, the lines of type might be 'leaded', thin strips of typemetal, reglet, or card being slipped in between each one.

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(n.) = type-metal [typemetal], typemetal

Ex: Printing types were cast in an alloy of lead, antimony, and tin called type-metal.

Ex: At all periods, but uncommonly before the eighteenth century, the lines of type might be 'leaded', thin strips of typemetal, reglet, or card being slipped in between each one.