letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language

art and technique of printing with movable type

printing from a plate with raised characters

a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print

a method of printing colored reproductions from halftone plates

the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent)

in current use or ready for use

having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins

having thin strips of lead between the lines of type

not having leads between the lines

written or printed above and to one side of another character