noun
- people or companies that design and manufacture metal type for printing
Usage: historical; printing industry
Examples
- The typefounders created beautiful letterforms for the new printing press.
- Many typefounders went out of business when digital typography emerged.
- Historic typefounders like Caslon and Baskerville are still famous today.
- The typefounders carefully cast each letter in molten metal.
- Local typefounders supplied fonts to newspapers and book publishers.
- Before computers, typefounders were essential to the printing industry.