modern type alloy was forced into the mold against the matrices and hardened almost immediately. The result
was a bar of metal of the desired length of line with raised letters where the molten metal filled the
impressions of the letter in the matrices. After usiting the type for printing, it would be dumped back into a pot
to be melted down for use again. This machine was much faster than human-hand-set type setting and
therefore required less type setting staff.