Cold Type [FREE]

Characters are projected onto light-sensitive film or paper to create a "master" for offset printing.

This method drastically reduced the time between writing an article and seeing it in print, making it the standard for 20th-century newsrooms like the Washington Star-News . Cold Type

Beyond technical printing, the phrase has become a symbol for high-quality journalism and literature: In cold type - Columbia Journalism Review Characters are projected onto light-sensitive film or paper

Today, cold type has evolved into the digital layouts we use daily, moving from physical film to pixel-perfect computer software. "Cold Type" in Media and Culture Cold Type