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type cast

[tahyp-kast, -kahst] / ˈtaɪpˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /


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Are you afraid of being type cast as the romantic hero?

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2012

Because of excessive ornamentation in his earlier work, Yamasaki's critics have tended to type cast him as an "exterior decorator," or cosmetician.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just once Winston caught a phrase— “complete and final elimination of Goldsteinism”—jerked out very rapidly and, as it seemed, all in one piece, like a line of type cast solid.

From "1984" by George Orwell

He also issued in 1767 an edition of the Psalms in metre, one of the earliest books printed from type cast in America.

From A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

In this the Saxon type cast for the Saxon Homily in 1567 was again used in conjunction with the magnificent founts of double pica Roman and Italic.

From A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)




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