Matrix (printing)

In the manufacture of metal type used in letterpress printing, a matrix (from the Latin meaning womb or a female breeding animal) is the mould used to cast a letter, known as a sort.^[4] Matrices for printing types were made of copper.^[5]

However, in printmaking the matrix is whatever is used, with ink, to hold the image that makes up the print, whether a plate in etching and engraving or a woodblock in woodcut.

^ "Jannon". French Ministry of Culture.
^ "Monotype Garamond". Fonts.com. Monotype. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
^ "Garamond". Microsoft. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
^ Man, John (2002). The Gutenberg Revolution: the story of a genius that changed the world. London: Headline. ISBN 0-7472-4504-5. ^{[page needed]}
^ Theodore Low De Vinne (1899). The Practice of Typography: A Treatise on the Processes of Type-making, the Point System, the Names, Sizes, Styles, and Prices of Plain Printing Types. Century Company. pp. 9–36.

[Jannon_FMOC-1] "Jannon". French Ministry of Culture.

[2] "Monotype Garamond". Fonts.com. Monotype. Retrieved 4 July 2015.

[3] "Garamond". Microsoft. Retrieved 4 July 2015.

[4] Man, John (2002). The Gutenberg Revolution: the story of a genius that changed the world. London: Headline. ISBN 0-7472-4504-5. ^{[page needed]}

[Vinne1899-5] Theodore Low De Vinne (1899). The Practice of Typography: A Treatise on the Processes of Type-making, the Point System, the Names, Sizes, Styles, and Prices of Plain Printing Types. Century Company. pp. 9–36.

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