Run upon sorts

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004994",
  "term": "Run upon sorts",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A situation in letterpress printing where a compositor exhausts the supply of a particular character (sort) while setting type. This requires either waiting for more sorts to be cast or substituting with a different, often less suitable, character. It highlights the logistical challenges of managing type inventory in manual typesetting.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "überproportional Buchstaben benötigen",
    "es": "usar muchos caracteres especiales",
    "fr": "manquer de caractères"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/run-upon-sorts/"
}