hot-metal machines

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Scope note
Those machines that cast type for printing as the matter is being composed, either by individual characters, such as Monotype (TM) machines, or by one-line slugs, such as Linotype (TM) machines.
hot-metal machines
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024