Stereotype (printing)

In printing, a stereotype,^{[note 1]} stereoplate or simply a stereo, is a solid plate of type metal, cast from a papier-mâché or plaster mould taken from the surface of a forme of type.^[1]^{: stereotype} The mould was known as a flong.^{[note 2]}

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