Sort (typesetting)

Diagram of a cast metal sort. a: face. b: body or shank. c: point size. 1: shoulder. 2: nick. 3: groove. 4: foot.
Metal type sorts arranged on a composing stick

In physical typesetting, a sort or type is a block with a typographic character cast on it, used—when lined up with others—to print text. In movable-type printing, the sort or type is cast from a matrix mold and assembled by hand with other sorts bearing additional characters into lines of type to make up a form, from which a page is printed.

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