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Type bar

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006280

A line of type cast in one piece, as produced by a Linotype or typograph composing machine, also called a slug. The same name is used for the metal lever of a typewriter that carries a character at its end and strikes the ribbon against the paper. In printing the type bar sense is historical.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-006280
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial printing
TranslationsGerman: Type bar; Spanish: barra de tipo; French: ligne-bloc
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006280",
  "term": "Type bar",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A line of type cast in one piece, as produced by a Linotype or typograph composing machine, also called a slug. The same name is used for the metal lever of a typewriter that carries a character at its end and strikes the ribbon against the paper. In printing the type bar sense is historical.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Type bar",
    "es": "barra de tipo",
    "fr": "ligne-bloc"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/type-bar/"
}

Record 6,799 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.