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Sort (typesetting)

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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 mould and assembled with other sorts (bearing additional letters) into lines of text to make up a forme from which a page is printed.

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.
Main article: letterpress printing

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