A Dictionary of the Art of PrintingLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841 - 815 páginas |
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... Caslon , of Messrs . Figgins , and of Messrs . Thorow- good and Besley , I have obtained the various alphabets , & c . , and am happy to acknowledge the courteous manner in which these and other kind- nesses were granted . To other ...
... Caslon , of Messrs . Figgins , and of Messrs . Thorow- good and Besley , I have obtained the various alphabets , & c . , and am happy to acknowledge the courteous manner in which these and other kind- nesses were granted . To other ...
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... Caslon . These were the first punches cut by William Caslon for types . They were cut in 1720 for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge . Thorowgood and Besley . This character was cut by the late Dr. Fry , under the directions ...
... Caslon . These were the first punches cut by William Caslon for types . They were cut in 1720 for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge . Thorowgood and Besley . This character was cut by the late Dr. Fry , under the directions ...
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... Caslon . ASCENDING LETTERS . This term includes all the capitals and the following small letters , b , d , f , h , k , l . ASS . Sometimes by way of joke , and sometimes by way of irritation , compositors are called Asses by the ...
... Caslon . ASCENDING LETTERS . This term includes all the capitals and the following small letters , b , d , f , h , k , l . ASS . Sometimes by way of joke , and sometimes by way of irritation , compositors are called Asses by the ...
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... following Table shows the old numbers , also Smith's and Earl Stanhope's ; those at present cast by the letter founders , I give on the authority of Messrs . Caslon and Livermore . A Bill of Pica , containing 3,000 lower case ems BILL . 49.
... following Table shows the old numbers , also Smith's and Earl Stanhope's ; those at present cast by the letter founders , I give on the authority of Messrs . Caslon and Livermore . A Bill of Pica , containing 3,000 lower case ems BILL . 49.
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... Caslon commenced the business of type founding he made great improvements in their shape , and his Gothic or black letter remains unequalled , viewing it as an imitation of ancient writing , the purest shape for the character originally ...
... Caslon commenced the business of type founding he made great improvements in their shape , and his Gothic or black letter remains unequalled , viewing it as an imitation of ancient writing , the purest shape for the character originally ...
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aforesaid alphabet antimony balls Books botanist Brevier Button-board called Caslon cast cause characters colour Commissioners composed composing stick compositor consonant copy cylinder dagesh Demy designate the number double English engraving equal Exod fold Folio 4to French botanist frisket furniture further enacted Greek Half Sheet head Hebrew hereby impression inches Inner Form iron Justice letters London Long Primer Majesty manner matter metal Mill-board Newspaper Nonpareil NUMBER OF THOUSANDS octavo Offence Officer Outer Form paid Pamphlet paper Paste-board Penalty Person or Persons Pica piece Plantarum plate Pounds present pressman preterite printed or published Printer pull quadrats quarto Quires quoins reglet respectively roller Scale-board Scotland screw Sheet of Long Sheet of Twelves side Signatures space Stamp Duties surface thereof thick Thorowgood and Besley top designate tympan types United Kingdom University of Oxford vols vowel wood word writing