European font casting machine - European font casting machine

Japanese: 欧文鋳植機 - おうぶんちゅうしょくき
European font casting machine - European font casting machine

...a machine that automatically selects, casts, and sets type. There are Japanese typesetting machines and Roman typesetting machines, which are further divided into Monotype, in which each character is cast individually, and Linotype, in which a line is cast as a whole. Because letterpress printing relies on the manual work of hand-picking (selecting) and setting (composing), there was a demand for a machine that could set the type as it was being cast.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Roman typesetting machines" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…活字を自動的に選び,鋳造し,版に組む機械。和文鋳植機と欧文鋳植機とに分けられ,さらに鋳造される活字が1個ずつのモノタイプMonotypeと,1行が一塊となって鋳造されるライノタイプLinotypeとに分けられる。活版は活字の手拾い(文選)と組み(植字)の手作業に依存しているので,活字を鋳込みながら組んでいく機械が要求されていた。…

※「欧文鋳植機」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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