page_title: Matrix (printing)
hierarchical_section_title: Matrix (printing)
caption_attribution_description: English: Matrices from Jean Jannon's punches, sometimes called the 'Romain de l'Université' (which according to Mosley may be a modern name; de l'Université meaning traditional metal types in eighteenth-century French printing). Français&#160;: Matrice originales du Romain de l'Université de Jean Jannon. Exposition Le Livre à la Renaissance, exposition des trésors de l'Imprimerie Nationale et de ses savoir-faire, pour Le Livre sur la Place de Nancy 2013.
context_page_description: In the manufacture of metal type used in letterpress printing, a matrix is the mould used to cast a letter, known as a sort. Matrices for printing types were made of copper.
  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.
context_section_description: 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. Matrices for printing types were made of copper.
  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.
caption: Matrices created by Jean Jannon around 1640. The Garamond typeface installed with most Microsoft software is based on these designs.[1][2][3]
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