Movable type
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Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Tools and Equipment > equipment > <equipment by process> > image-making equipment > printing and printmaking equipment > type composition equipment > type (composition equipment)
Descripción
Type cast as individual, single-character units, capable of being combined into text, printed, and redistributed and reused. Use especially with regard to its invention, in Europe in the late 15th century and earlier in China and Korea, and in contrast to printing numerous characters and sometimes images from one block.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- losse letters [nl]
- tipo móvil [es]
- movable types [en]
- type, movable [en]
- losse letter [nl]
- caracter movible [es]