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composition

A close-up of a Monotype Composition caster, showing die case, wedge, oiler, and metal pot with piston handle.

patterns

Patterns for Gill Sans, for use on a pantograph to cut punches used for punching matrices.

supercaster

A Monotype Supercaster, vintage 1969.

thompson

A Thompson caster, used for casting display types, more solid than usually obtainable from a Type-and-Rule caster.

typeandrule

A Monotype Type-and-Rule caster, mostly used for casting display types.

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