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12 point 3-em spaces aligned alphabet blank Bodoni body type border brass rules capitals Caslon cast CHAPTER characters chase Cheltenham column rules complementary colors composing stick composition compositor copy corners cylinder presses decoration display type figures fonts foundry type galley grippers groups halftones impression inches indention initial Inland Printer Italic Italic type justification lay-out leads and slugs legibility length letterhead line of balance lines of type Linotype locked machine margins marks metal method mitered modern modern-face types Monotype necessary Nicholas Jenson nonpareil oldstyle figures oldstyle types ornament paper paragraph picas wide pieces placed platen press point type practice proof quad quoins rollers Roman Roman numerals Roman types rotary presses serifs shape harmony sheet side sizes standard stone student style of letter tympan type faces type form type matter typographic width William Caslon wood furniture words