type
1. A small rectangular block of metal or wood,
usually the former, cut on its top with a raised
letter, figure, or other character, for use in
letterpress printing, or in a lettering pallet for
lettering the spine of a book. The nomenclature of
a single piece of type for letterpress work has
always been compared to a headless human being
standing erect: a body, a face, beard, neck,
shoulder, back, belly and feet. Type letters are
formed with three imaginary lines: the "base line"
on which the bases of capitals rest, the "mean
line" along the top of lower-case letters which do
not have ascenders, and the "cap line" across the
top of the capital letters. 2. A number of such
characters. (156 ,
189 )
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