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[[Image:Metal type.svg|thumb|right|200px|'''Diagram of a cast metal sort'''. '''a''' face, '''b''' body or shank, '''c''' point size, '''1''' shoulder, '''2''' nick, '''3''' groove, '''4''' foot.]]
[[Image:Sorts on composing stick.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Metal type
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In [[typesetting]] by hand compositing, a '''sort''' is a piece of metal type representing a particular [[letter]] or [[symbol]], [[cast]] from a [[matrix (printing)|matrix mould]] and assembled with other sorts bearing additional letters into lines of [[text]] to make up a ''forme'' from which a page is [[printing|printed]].
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