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cold type

–noun Printing.
type set by a method other than the casting of molten metal, as text composed on a typewriter and photographed.
Compare hot metal.


Origin:
1945–50
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cold type  
n.  Typesetting, such as photocomposition, done without the casting of metal.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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