Letterfounder

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003308",
  "term": "Letterfounder",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A skilled artisan or company historically responsible for casting metal type for printing presses. This individual or entity would design and produce the matrices from which individual letters, numbers, and symbols were cast in lead alloy. The craft was central to the printing industry before the advent of phototypesetting.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Lettergießer",
    "es": "fundidor de letras",
    "fr": "fondeur de caractères"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/letterfounder/"
}