movable type

movable type

English

Noun

movable type (countable and uncountable, plural movable types)

1. A system of printing and typography that uses movable components such as individual letters or punctuation to reproduce the elements of a document.

Translations

system of printing and typography

Chinese: Mandarin: 活字 (zh) (huózì), 活字印刷 (zh) (huózì yìnshuā), 活字印刷術／活字印刷术 (huózì yìnshuāshù) Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: irtokirjasinpaino French: imprimerie à caractères mobiles f German: bewegliche Lettern pl Japanese: 活字 (ja) (katsuji) Polish: ruchoma czcionka f Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: ручно́й набо́р m (ručnój nabór) Spanish: tipo móvil m, tipo móvil m

See also

• woodblock printing