Compositor's Case (Noun)
Meaning
(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers; "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The compositor reached into the upper case of his compositor's case to select a large "A" to start the title of the article.
- In the lower case of the compositor's case, the character "e" was repeated across multiple compartments.
- He had to replace his worn compositor's case after years of dedicated service to the printing press.
- When setting type by hand, each character was carefully removed from its designated slot in the compositor's case.
- A standard compositor's case holds 90-100 compartments, though larger ones can hold more characters.