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  • Sort | Definition and Translations

    In typesetting by hand compositing, a sort is a piece of type representing a particular letter or symbol.

     

    Dutch: karakter
    French: caractère (type)
    German: Letter
    Italian: carattere tipografico
    Polish: karakter
    Russian: типографская литера

    Related Term(s): Body (Shank)


    Ralf Herrmann By Ralf Herrmann ()
    Contributors: Riccardo Sartori Gizzmo Alexis B. Przemysław Sakrajda H James Lucas



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