typefounding

Tributes honoured him both for his contribution to children's fiction and for his work as the definitive historian of English typefounding.

Fournier on Typefounding, The Soncino Press, London 1930.

Carter H. (éditeur), Fournier on Typefounding.

In printing, type metal (sometimes called hot metal) refers to the metal alloys used in traditional typefounding and hot metal typesetting.