Type Small 143×320 Medium 286×640 Large 457×1024 Download Tiff Original 1072×2400 | (507.0 KB) Description A piece of wood or metal to stamp a letter or character. "(1) the body, (2) the face, (3) the shoulder, (4) the nick and (5) the groove." -Foster, 1921 Keywords letter type, parts of a type, stamp Galleries Printing and Paper Industries Source: Ellsworth D. Foster ed. The American Educator (vol. 8) (Chicago, IL: Ralph Durham Company, 1921)