# Hellbox

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{{Short description|Bin for cast metal sorts after printing}}
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[[Image:metal movable type.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[Movable type](/source/Movable_type) on a [composing stick](/source/composing_stick) on a type drawer.]]
A '''hellbox''' is a receptacle where cast metal [sorts](/source/Sort_(typesetting)) are thrown after printing. The job of sorting the type from the hellbox and putting it back into the [job case](/source/Movable_type) was given to the apprentice, known as a [printer's devil](/source/printer's_devil). Later, when continuous casting or [hot metal typesetting](/source/hot_metal_typesetting) machines such as the [Linotype](/source/Linotype_machine) and [Monotype](/source/Monotype_System) became popular, the hellbox was used for storing discarded or broken types that were melted down and recast.

==References==

* The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000. Houghton Mifflin Company. [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/hellbox]
* Fleischman, J (1977). "A Linotypist's Notes: Being an Account of a Brief Apprenticeship in an Obsolete Trade". [https://web.archive.org/web/20070607134430/http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF001977/Fleischman/Fleischman07/Fleischman07.html]

Category:Typesetting
Category:Printing terminology

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