Typecase

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006281",
  "term": "Typecase",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A compartmentalized wooden tray used in letterpress printing to store individual metal or wooden type characters. Each compartment holds a specific letter, number, or punctuation mark, organized for efficient access by the compositor. The upper case holds capital letters, while the lower case holds small letters.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Schriftkasten",
    "es": "caja de tipos",
    "fr": "casse"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/typecase/"
}