Type

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006279",
  "term": "Type",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A raised character, typically made of metal or wood, used in letterpress printing to transfer ink to paper. Each piece of type represents a letter, number, or symbol and is assembled into words and lines to form a printing surface. The design of a set of type characters is known as a typeface.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "see_also": [
    "bastard type",
    "electrotype"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Type",
    "es": "tipo",
    "fr": "caractère"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/type/"
}