What is Sort (typesetting)?
[[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 sorts''' arranged on a [[composing stick]].]] In [[typesetting]] by hand compositing, a '''sort''', otherwise referred to as a '''type''', is a block representing a specific [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]], [[Numerical digit|digit]] or other [[symbol]] [[casting|cast]] from a [[matrix (printing)|matrix]] [[mould]] and made with other sorts bearing additional symbols into lines of type to make up a ''forme'' from which a page is printed. ==Related pages== * [[Sort]] - other uses of the word * [[Typeface]] * [[Typography]] ==References== * Nesbitt, Alexander ''The History and Technique of Lettering'' (c) 1957, [[Dover Publications|Dover Publications, Inc.]] {{ISBN|0-486-20427-8}}, Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 57-13116. The Dover edition is an abridged and corrected republication of the work originally published in 1950 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. under the title ''Lettering: The History and Technique of Lettering as Design''. ==Other websites== *[http://typophile.com/wiki/sort Typowiki] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706163339/http://www.typophile.com/wiki/sort |date=2008-07-06 }}, a type wiki at [http://typophile.com typophile.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060418013801/http://www.typophile.com/ |date=2006-04-18 }} *[http://www.metaltype.co.uk Metal Type - For Those who Remember Hot Metal Typesetting] [[Category:Typography]] [[Category:Typesetting]]