type-casting, vbl. n.
(ˈtaɪpkɑːstɪŋ, -æ-)
Also as one word.
[f. type n.1 + casting vbl. n.]
1. The forming of metal, wood, etc., into type for printing. Also attrib. So type-caster.
| 1847 in Inquiry Yorksh. Deaf & Dumb (1870) 19 As a type-caster..we consider him a good hand. 1864 T. L. Nichols Forty Years Amer. Life I. 381 By the use of type-casting machines a workman can cast ninety brevier types a minute. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Type-casting,..Type casting and setting machine. 1897 Daily News 2 Feb. 2/1 The Wicks Rotary Type-Casting Machine can cast..from 40,000 to 60,000 letters per hour. 1967 V. Strauss Printing Industry ii. 66/1 Hot-metal machines are type-casting equipment. |
2. The casting of an actor in a role or roles for which he appears to be physically or temperamentally suited or of a kind in which he has been successful; the fact of being so cast. Also transf. and in extended use, representation as a stereotype or stereotypes.
| 1927 Observer 25 Sept. 13/4 Please do not conclude that I believe in ‘type-casting’; an actor should in his time play many sorts of part. 1947 A. Menen Prevalence of Witches xi. 190 He says..why pick on him to work a miracle? He says it's his beard..; he says its just type⁓casting, like they do in pictures. 1960 Twentieth Cent. Dec. 588 These Dickensian names suggest the general feeling of type-casting. 1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon iii. 38 Film-music composers are just as liable to type-casting as actors and actresses. 1979 D. Arkell Looking for Laforgue iii. 78 Laforgue was invariably given the part of Colline, the philosopher... It would appear to have been excellent type-casting. |