Printing Cliches
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"Cliché and stereotype were both originally printers' words, and in their literal printers' meanings were synonymous. Specifically, cliché was an onomatopoeic word for the sound that was made during the stereotyping process when the matrix (the papier-mâché mold bearing an impression of the forme) hit molten metal. In English this was known as 'dabbing'. The matrix was applied to molten lead at the point of cooling to make the cast."
The combining form “stereo-” that
shows up in such words as “stereotype”
and “stereophonic” is derived from
stereos, a classical Greek word meaning
solid.
A plate relief printing plate cast in a
mold made from composed type or an
original plate.
But now, both stereo and stereotype, their meanings so profoundly mutated well beyond their liteteral origins.
Stereo now pretty much means "2 of something" and stereotype has turned into a word carrying negative connotations of mostly bigotry or prejudice.
Or use a VR toolkit to create the experience of something printed on paper that never was. :)
Interesting how completely different skills have all been about creating something you read, from chiseling rock to simulated light rays.
But seriously, I think someone who's casting movable type in their baking sheets probably isn't interested in virtualizing the end product.