A Dictionary of Printers and Printing: With the Progress of Literature; Ancient and ModernH. Johnson, 1839 - 996 pagini |
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Pagina 16
... called to those rules by which he may compose with accuracy , ease and expedition . Many compositors use an article called a jigger , which by the simple contrivance of a slip of lead , a cord , and a counterbalancing weight , serves ...
... called to those rules by which he may compose with accuracy , ease and expedition . Many compositors use an article called a jigger , which by the simple contrivance of a slip of lead , a cord , and a counterbalancing weight , serves ...
Pagina 61
... called broad and narrow , and when properly dressed and finished , are useful in a printing - office . They should not be cast so high as they sometimes are , for no other purpose than to increase their weight . Justifiers are cast for ...
... called broad and narrow , and when properly dressed and finished , are useful in a printing - office . They should not be cast so high as they sometimes are , for no other purpose than to increase their weight . Justifiers are cast for ...
Pagina 63
... called Gothic by some ; and Old English by others ; but printers call it black letter , on account of its taking a larger compass than either roman or italic , the full and preading strokes thereof appearing more black upon paper . On ...
... called Gothic by some ; and Old English by others ; but printers call it black letter , on account of its taking a larger compass than either roman or italic , the full and preading strokes thereof appearing more black upon paper . On ...
Pagina 113
... called pie . locking up . Cane paper . Broken paper . Choak . If a form be not washed in due time , the ink will get into the hollows of the face of etter ; and that getting in of the ink is called aking of the letter , or choaking of ...
... called pie . locking up . Cane paper . Broken paper . Choak . If a form be not washed in due time , the ink will get into the hollows of the face of etter ; and that getting in of the ink is called aking of the letter , or choaking of ...
Pagina 18
... called from being written or engraved on twelve slabs , or tablets of brass , or ivory , or oak ; and hung up for public inspection . The laws penal , civil , and ceremonial , among the Greeks , were engraven on triangular tables of ...
... called from being written or engraved on twelve slabs , or tablets of brass , or ivory , or oak ; and hung up for public inspection . The laws penal , civil , and ceremonial , among the Greeks , were engraven on triangular tables of ...
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