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Letter, character, glyph, slug, thing/  /August 25, 2004

There must be a word for a single piece of lead type. Anyone know what it is?

Dean would know. Dean?

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I think you'd call it a "type". From OED:

9. a. A small rectangular block, usually of metal or wood, having on its upper end a raised letter, figure, or other character, for use in printing. in types, in type (see b). Also fig

There's a good glossary of this stuff here

—posted by Desultor at September 15, 2004 11:42 AM

Ah, of course. The same way you have a "monotype," a "stereotype" a "dageurreotype," and other models from which instances are made.

Is it called a "type" because it effectively classifies a group of things (those printed from the "type"), or is a classification called a "type" because it is as if all those things were derived from a model?

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