noun
cold type
Printing term for typesetting methods that do not use hot metal, such as phototypesetting or digital typesetting.
コールドタイプの導入で印刷工程が大きく変わった。
The introduction of cold type greatly changed the printing process.
Variant with interpunct; less common in running text.
Hot type uses molten metal to cast type; cold type refers to newer, non-metal methods.
Borrowed from English 'cold type', referring to typesetting without hot metal.