punchcutter

English

Etymology

From punch +‎ cutter.

Noun

punchcutter (plural punchcutters)

1. (typography) Someone who carries out punchcutting; a person who makes punches for type founders. [from 18th c.]
   • 2009, James Mosley, edited by Michael F Suarez and Michael L Turner, The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, vol. V, Cambridge, published 2014, page 170:

     Early punch-cutters appeared to have forged their own steel blanks, and the manner in which they finished their punches can often identify their work.