FACE OF THE LETTER.—The upper surface of the letter-extremity of the type.

FACE OF THE PAGE.—The upper side of the page, from which the impression is taken.

FALLING OUT.—A term generally applied to a page, a quarter, or whole forme, which drops away from the chase, through the shrinking of the wooden furniture and quoins. This accident can hardly occur without gross carelessness, if metal furniture and iron sidesticks are used.

FANNING OUT.—A term used in the warehouse in counting work. By taking hold of the right-hand lower corner of the paper between the forefinger and thumb, and by a peculiar turn of the wrist (spreading out the upper part of the paper somewhat in the resemblance of a fan) the sheets can be counted with the greatest facility.

FAT.—Among compositors, light, open matter, and short or blank pages. Among pressmen, light formes, woodcuts, and short numbers for which a token is charged. On Chancery Bills, for instance, where the number to be printed is frequently only a dozen or twenty-five copies, the pressman charges the same as though he had pulled 250 sheets of each forme.

FAT-FACE LETTER.—Letter with a broad face and thick stem.

FATHER OF THE CHAPEL.—See Chapels.

FEET OF A PRESS.—That part of the press upon which the staple is fixed, and which comes in contact with the floor.

FINE PRINTING.—This term, in its general sense, expresses excellence in any department of the art, but was formerly restricted almost exclusively to book-printing, for the reason that the highest efforts of the typographer were then devoted to that order of publications.