| Pot Temperatures for Monotype Casters Information as given in various Monotype Manuals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composition Type | 6-8pt | 9-11pt | 12pt | 14pt | ||||
| Super Caster | 700°F (or 730°F) | 700°F | 675°F | 675°F (or 650°F) | ||||
| Composition Caster | 700°F (for 6pt) | 660°F | ||||||
| Large Composition Type | 14pt | 18pt | 24pt | |||||
| Composition Caster | 650°F | 640°F | 635°F | |||||
| Display Type | 14pt | 18pt | 24pt | 30pt | 36pt | 42pt | 48pt | 60-72pt |
| Super Caster (ens) | 670°F | 645°F | 640°F | 635°F | 630°F | 620°F | 615°F | 610°F |
| Composition Caster (assumed as for Large Composition) | 650°F | 640°F | 635°F | |||||
| Lead and Rule | 1pt | 1½pt | 2pt | 3pt | 4pt | 6-8pt | 12-18pt | |
| Super Caster | 720°F | 700°F | 675°F | 625°F | 700°F | 650°F | 625°F | |
| Composition Caster | 725°F | 700°F | 700°F | 680°F | 680°F (for 6pt) | 650°F (for 12pt) | ||
| Quotations | 6×6em to 4×2em | |||||||
| Super Caster | 600°F | |||||||
| Quads and spaces | 5-10pt | 11-14pt | ||||||
| Super Caster | 700°F | 675°F | ||||||
| 16em Dashes | 4pt | 6pt | 12pt | 18pt | ||||
| Super Caster | 675°F | 625°F | 600°F | 600°F | ||||
| Furniture | 24-72pt | |||||||
| Super Caster | 630°F | |||||||
| Skimming | not below 730°F | |||||||
| Re-melting | 700-750°F | |||||||
| All the above temperatures are affected by speeds of caster and composition of the metal | ||||||||
| Last updated by David Bolton 16 February 2010 | ||||||||