‘Stereotype’ and other words from printers’ lingo
by Melissa Mohr
Feb 28, 2022
2 minutes
The printing press has given English a surprising number of words. Early 19th-century French printers had two words for the cast metal plates they used to reprint popular books without needing to reset the type. The plates were (), and books produced in this, a combination of the two Greek words (“solid” or “fixed”) and (“impression,” the mark left by a blow).
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