植うえ字じ

noun

typesetting; printing type

Archaic term for typesetting, now largely replaced by 植字 (しょくじ) or modern DTP terms. Found in historical printing contexts.

See also: 植字 (しょくじ)

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの植うえ字じは職しょく人にんの手てで行おこなわれた。

  Typesetting in the Edo period was done by hand by craftsmen.