Hot metal typesetting: Difference between revisions

In [[printing]] and [[typography]], '''hot metal typesetting''' (also called '''mechanical typesetting''', '''hot lead typesetting''', '''hot metal''', and '''hot type''') refersis toa technologiestechnology for [[typesetting]] text in [[letterpress printing]]. This method injects molten [[type metal]] into a [[Molding (process)|mold]] that has the shape of one or more [[glyph]]s. The resulting [[sort (typesetting)|sort]]s and [[slug (typesetting)|slug]]s are later used to press ink onto paper.