noun
hot type
Printing term for traditional typesetting methods using molten metal, as opposed to cold type or digital typesetting.
ホットタイプは活版印刷の時代に使われた技術だ。
Hot type is a technology used in the era of letterpress printing.
Variant with interpunct; less common in running text.
Cold type refers to phototypesetting or digital typesetting, contrasting with the metal-based hot type process.
Loanword from English 'hot type', referring to metal typesetting.