Stereotype (printing)

For other uses, see Stereotype (disambiguation).
A stereotype mold ("flong") being made
Stereotype casting room of the Seattle Daily Times, c. 1900

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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