The Eclectic Hand-book of Printing: Containing Practical Instructions to Learners: With Copious Quotations from Standard Works; Forming a Complete Guide to the Art of Printing |
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ABEL HEYWOOD appearance arrangement bodkin book title bottom boxes called Caret chase colon colour comma composing stick composition compositor condensed contrast copy cord correct cylinder machines displayed lines distributing Double effect engraving face fingers fixed flat forme fount frame frisket furniture galley give glue hair space impression inking the type inserted Invictus letter Letter-press Printer lever lifted lines of type locking Long Primer lower MACHINISTS matter means measure metal method molasses motion nicks Nonpareil operation ornamental paper perfect Pica placed platen machines position poster pressman printing machine Printing Press produce proper punctuation quadrats quads quoins reader ready reglets removed right hand Ringwalt rollers rule screw secured Semicolon sentence sheet SHOOTING STICK side sticks Simplissimus sitor sizes solid speed surface thick space treacle two-line tympan upper usually Venice turpentine Wharfedale wood words Wyman & Son