movable type

English

Noun

movable type (countable and uncountable, plural movable types)

A system of printing and typography that uses movable components such as individual letters or punctuation to reproduce the elements of a document.

Translations

system of printing and typography

Chinese:
Mandarin: 活字 (zh) (huózì), 活字印刷 (zh), 活字印刷 (zh) (huózì yìnshuā), 活字印刷術, 活字印刷术 (huózì yìnshuāshù)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: irtokirjasinpaino
French: please add this translation if you can

Japanese: 活字 (ja) (katsuji)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: tipo móvil m, tipo móvil m

See also

woodblock printing

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