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 | ||
Samples | For English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters. | ||
Synonyms | case, compositor's case | ||
Broader (hypernym) | receptacle | ||
Domain category | printing | ||