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1698 illustration of a German typefounder preparing type-metal. The picture shows two people in a workshop with workbenches, tools and materials and a large window to the left. One person, possibly a woman in a dress, in the left foreground is sitting and appears to be polishing or rubbing a large slab on a table. The second person is standing toward the back behind a workbench covered in several tools. There is a round cylinder, possibly a furnace, underneath the workbench and the second person appears to be adding or tipping something into it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_metal#/media/File:Fotothek_df_tg_0008535_St%C3%A4ndebuch_%5E_Beruf_%5E_Handwerk_%5E_Gie%C3%9Fer_%5E_Letter.jpg

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1698 illustration of a German typefounder preparing type-metal. The picture shows two people in a workshop with workbenches, tools and materials and a large window to the left. One person, possibly a woman in a dress, in the left foreground is sitting and appears to be polishing or rubbing a large slab on a table. The second person is standing toward the back behind a workbench covered in several tools. There is a round cylinder, possibly a furnace, underneath the workbench and the second person appears to be adding or tipping something into it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_metal#/media/File:Fotothek_df_tg_0008535_St%C3%A4ndebuch_%5E_Beruf_%5E_Handwerk_%5E_Gie%C3%9Fer_%5E_Letter.jpg
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ksircombe (ksircombe@aus.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 07:46:10 JST ksircombe
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The antimony hardens the lead and prevents shrinkage and deformation when the alloy cools from a melt in a mold to make the moveable type.
It meant that high quality clear text could be repeatably printed on mass (unlike previous printing that used carved wood blocks that deteriorated quickly) /3

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