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A machine for setting type or for casting lines of type and setting them.

A printer. T. Warton.

Of or pertaining to typography or printing; as, the typographic art. -- Ty`po*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

The act or art of expressing by means of types or symbols; emblematical or hieroglyphic representation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A process resembling "nature printing," by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the printing is done as from copperplate.

A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.

Same as Phototypy.

A stereotype printer.

The act or art of printing from stereotype plates.

same letter, as, a, â, ä, o, ô, etc. "Diacritical points." Sir W. Jones. A glance at this typography will reveal great difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw in the way of both printer and writer. A. J. Ellis.

A brief composition complete in one typographical section or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a few lines forming one paragraph; as, a column of news paragraphs; an editorial paragraph.

Of or pertaining to printing; typographical. [Obs.] Fuller.

To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like.

ial; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints. Block printing. See under Block. -- Printing frame (Photog.), a shallow box, usually having a glass front, in which prints are made by exposure to light. -- Printing ho…

That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions. Hence, specifically: