Typesetting A primer of information about working at the case, justifying, spacing, correcting, making-up, and other operations employed in setting type by hand
A. A. (Alexander A.) Stewart
Typesetting A primer of information about working at the case, justifying, spacing, correcting, making-up, and other operations employed in setting type by hand
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
TYPESETTING
Introductory
Preliminary Suggestions
Learning the Case
Units for Measuring
Spaces and Quads
A Simple Spacing Table
Hair Spaces and Justifiers
Leads and Slugs
Setting the Composing Stick
Use of the Composing Rule
Setting Type
Justifying the Lines
Emptying the Stick
Tying Up the Page
Taking Proofs
Making Corrections
Importance of Uniform Spacing
Rules for Spacing
Spacing of Italic
Spacing Capital Letters
Wide Spacing
Paragraph and Other Indentions
Setting Poetry
Headings
Initial Letters
Making Up Pages
Washing Type
Distributing Type
SUPPLEMENTARY READING
REVIEW QUESTIONS
GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS
TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CONTRIBUTORS
For Composition and Electrotypes
For Composition
For Electrotypes
For Engravings
For Book Paper
For Composition and Electrotypes
For Composition
For Electrotypes
For Engravings
For Book Paper
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