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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

1 American 9 Bourgeois [bar] [bar] 11/2 German [bar] 2 Saxon 10
Long Primer [bar] [bar] 21/2 Norse [bar] 3 Brilliant 11 Small
Pica [bar] [bar] 31/2 Ruby 12 Pica [bar] [bar] 4 Excelsior [bar]
41/2 Diamond 14 English [bar] [bar] 5 Pearl 16 Columbian [bar]
[bar] 51/2 Agate [bar] 6 Nonpareil 18 Great Primer [bar] [bar] 7
Minion [bar] 8 Brevier 20 Paragon [bar] [bar] Diagram of the
"points" by which sizes of Type are graduated in the "Point
System".

   {Type founder}, one who casts or manufacture type.

   {Type foundry}, {Type foundery}, a place for the manufacture
      of type.

   {Type metal}, an alloy used in making type, stereotype
      plates, etc., and in backing up electrotype plates. It
      consists essentially of lead and antimony, often with a
      little tin, nickel, or copper.

   {Type wheel}, a wheel having raised letters or characters on
      its periphery, and used in typewriters, printing
      telegraphs, etc.

   {Unity of type} (Biol.), that fundamental agreement in
      structure which is seen in organic beings of the same
      class, and is quite independent of their habits of life.
      --Darwin.

資料來源 : WordNet®

type metal
     n : an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing
         type