Type metal
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type-metal-318-15282325
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Type metal
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In printing, type metal refers to the metal alloys used in traditional typefounding and hot metal typesetting. Historically, type metal was an alloy of lead, tin and antimony in different proportions depending on the application, be it individual character mechanical casting for hand setting, mechanical line casting or individual character mechanical typesetting and stereo plate casting. The proportions used are in the range: lead 50‒86%, antimony 11‒30% and tin 3‒20%. Antimony and tin are added
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Metal alloys used in traditional typefounding and hot metal typesetting
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_metal
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2023-12-18T12:07:40Z
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