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English noun: typesetter's case

1. typesetter's case (artifact) (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers


SamplesFor English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters.


Synonymscase, compositor's case


Broader (hypernym)receptacle


Domain categoryprinting









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