A Dictionary of the Art of PrintingB. Franklin, 1841 - 815 páginas |
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... compositor comes to distribute , particularly when they are printed at different presses . Such errors destroy the uniformity of the book , and spoil its appearance . These mistakes can only be avoided by care and attention on the part ...
... compositor comes to distribute , particularly when they are printed at different presses . Such errors destroy the uniformity of the book , and spoil its appearance . These mistakes can only be avoided by care and attention on the part ...
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... compositor , however his copy may be written , should never abbreviate any word in prose works , except he be par- ticularly ordered so to do . The apostrophe is also used in printing to close an extract , or to show where it finishes ...
... compositor , however his copy may be written , should never abbreviate any word in prose works , except he be par- ticularly ordered so to do . The apostrophe is also used in printing to close an extract , or to show where it finishes ...
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... compositor is paid for the time occupied in making these alterations in the types . B. BACK BOXES . In cases for Italic where there are no small capitals , also in Old English , and similar founts , the boxes in the upper case , that ...
... compositor is paid for the time occupied in making these alterations in the types . B. BACK BOXES . In cases for Italic where there are no small capitals , also in Old English , and similar founts , the boxes in the upper case , that ...
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... compositor cannot without great difficulty and trouble get them asunder . This sticking together of the letter is called Baking of the Letter . And compositors in this case say The Letter is Baked . - M . This is the case particularly ...
... compositor cannot without great difficulty and trouble get them asunder . This sticking together of the letter is called Baking of the Letter . And compositors in this case say The Letter is Baked . - M . This is the case particularly ...
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... compositor to pick up ; another was , to lay four different sized types in the same pair of cases ; another , to alter the curve at the top of the f , and discard its ligatures ; another , to cast certain Logotypes . Some of these were ...
... compositor to pick up ; another was , to lay four different sized types in the same pair of cases ; another , to alter the curve at the top of the f , and discard its ligatures ; another , to cast certain Logotypes . Some of these were ...
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