type foundry
Creates metal letters
A type foundry is a company that designs and sells typefaces.
Historically, foundries cast metal type for printing presses—the name derives from the molten metal poured into letter molds.
Today's foundries are digital operations creating font files: Adobe and Monotype are major type foundries.
Independent foundries often specialize in distinctive or experimental designs.
Lettering style design
- glyphVisual form of character
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- sans-serifType without terminal strokes
- kerningLetter-pair spacing adjustment
leading · tracking · ligature · letterpress · italic · bold · weight · roman
Printing from raised surfaces
- composingCreating musical works
- chaseRapid following of quarry
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
- platenPrinting press surface
impression · ink · printshop · compositor · proof · bed · quoin · furniture
Shaping through liquid form
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- tinElement fifty, Sn
- antimonyBrittle metalloid, symbol Sb
alloy · matrix · mold · punch · furnace · smelting · cooling · ingot
Carving into hard surfaces
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- handcraftCreate something manually
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
- workmanshipSkill in creating objects
skill · finishing · chiseling · etching · carving · bespoke · intricacy · Baskerville
Digital font technology standard
- TrueTypeVector-based typeface format
- PostScriptPrinter instruction language
- hintingSuggesting indirectly
- bezierMathematical curve formula
vector · outline · rasterization · webfont · licensing · character set · interpolation · masters
typeface
Lettering style design
- glyphVisual form of character
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- sans-serifType without terminal strokes
kerning · leading · tracking · ligature · letterpress · italic · bold · weight · roman · uppercase
letterpress
Printing from raised surfaces
platen · impression · ink · printshop · compositor · proof · bed · quoin · furniture · reglet
casting
Shaping through liquid form
antimony · alloy · matrix · mold · punch · furnace · smelting · cooling · ingot · forge
engraving
Carving into hard surfaces
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- handcraftCreate something manually
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
workmanship · skill · finishing · chiseling · etching · carving · bespoke · intricacy · Baskerville · master
OpenType
Digital font technology standard
- TrueTypeVector-based typeface format
- PostScriptPrinter instruction language
- hintingSuggesting indirectly
bezier · vector · outline · rasterization · webfont · licensing · character set · interpolation · masters
- book collectingbibliophiles, first editions, rare books, first edition, antiquarian
- printing historyprinting press, Gutenberg, typographers, Gutenberg press, block printing
- early printingincunabula, folio, quarto, woodcut, colophon
- printingprinting press, letterpress, printing, lithographers, offset printing
- printmakingprints, print, printing, woodcuts, woodcut
- typographyletters, calligraphy, sans serif, typefaces, serif
type foundryprinting press
Mechanical text reproduction device
print shop · printing house · publishing house · printer · typesetter
type, font, typist, foundry, typecast, typography, typeset, typesetter, typographic