Book contents
- Frontmatter
- TO THE PUBLIC
- THE PREFACE
- THE Origin of Printing
- Its Introduction into England
- Where, and by whom, practised abroad, before 1500
- By whom practised in London
- Where the Art was practised in the Country
- A Complete Specimen of Letter
- The Stationers Charters
- Printing Materials
- Difference of Bodies of Letter
- Regular Bodied Letter
- Irregular ditto
- Roman Letter
- Italic ditto
- Black ditto
- A Fount of Letter, as with Founders
- A Bill of Pica Letter
- A Fount of Letter, as with Printers
- Upper-Case Sorts
- Small Capitals
- Accented Letters
- Figures and Numerals
- References
- Lower-Case Sorts
- Points
- Parenthesis and Crochet
- Apostrophe
- Quadrats
- Spaces
- Two Line Letters
- Rules
- Metal Rules
- Space Rules
- Braces
- Superiors
- Fractions
- Quotations
- Metal Flowers
- The complete Printing-Press
- Feet
- Cheeks
- Cap
- Winter
- Head
- Till
- Hind-Posts
- Ribs
- Carriage, Coffin, and Plank
- Tympans
- Ink Blocks
- Catch of the Bar
- Spindle
- Hose, Garter, and Hose-Hooks
- Bar
- Ribs and Cramp-Irons
- Spindle and Rounce
- Stone
- Plattin
- Points and Point-Screws
- Footstep, Girts, Stays and Frisket
- Bedding the Stone
- Setting the Rounce
- Hanging the Plattin
- Oiling the Iron Work
- Making-Ready a Form
- Drawing the Tympans and Cutting the Frisket
- Wetting of Paper
- Knocking-up Balls
- Rubbing out Ink
- Beating
- Pulling
- Printing in Red, &c
- Mixing Colours with Varnish
- Rules and Remedies for the Press
- Compositor's Business
- Laying Cases
- Composing
- Spacing
- Tying-up a Page
- Imposing
- Tables for Numbering Pages of different Sizes
- Correctors and Correcting
- Correcting in the Metal
- Casting off Copy
- Characters
- Greek Alphabet
- Greek Cases
- Hebrew Alphabet
- Saxon ditto
- Mathematical Sorts
- Celestial Signs, &c
- Physical Signs
- Musical Signs
- A COLLECTION OF ENGLISH WORDS
- Of the Warehouse
- Terms used in Printing
- Contents
- Frontmatter
- TO THE PUBLIC
- THE PREFACE
- THE Origin of Printing
- Its Introduction into England
- Where, and by whom, practised abroad, before 1500
- By whom practised in London
- Where the Art was practised in the Country
- A Complete Specimen of Letter
- The Stationers Charters
- Printing Materials
- Difference of Bodies of Letter
- Regular Bodied Letter
- Irregular ditto
- Roman Letter
- Italic ditto
- Black ditto
- A Fount of Letter, as with Founders
- A Bill of Pica Letter
- A Fount of Letter, as with Printers
- Upper-Case Sorts
- Small Capitals
- Accented Letters
- Figures and Numerals
- References
- Lower-Case Sorts
- Points
- Parenthesis and Crochet
- Apostrophe
- Quadrats
- Spaces
- Two Line Letters
- Rules
- Metal Rules
- Space Rules
- Braces
- Superiors
- Fractions
- Quotations
- Metal Flowers
- The complete Printing-Press
- Feet
- Cheeks
- Cap
- Winter
- Head
- Till
- Hind-Posts
- Ribs
- Carriage, Coffin, and Plank
- Tympans
- Ink Blocks
- Catch of the Bar
- Spindle
- Hose, Garter, and Hose-Hooks
- Bar
- Ribs and Cramp-Irons
- Spindle and Rounce
- Stone
- Plattin
- Points and Point-Screws
- Footstep, Girts, Stays and Frisket
- Bedding the Stone
- Setting the Rounce
- Hanging the Plattin
- Oiling the Iron Work
- Making-Ready a Form
- Drawing the Tympans and Cutting the Frisket
- Wetting of Paper
- Knocking-up Balls
- Rubbing out Ink
- Beating
- Pulling
- Printing in Red, &c
- Mixing Colours with Varnish
- Rules and Remedies for the Press
- Compositor's Business
- Laying Cases
- Composing
- Spacing
- Tying-up a Page
- Imposing
- Tables for Numbering Pages of different Sizes
- Correctors and Correcting
- Correcting in the Metal
- Casting off Copy
- Characters
- Greek Alphabet
- Greek Cases
- Hebrew Alphabet
- Saxon ditto
- Mathematical Sorts
- Celestial Signs, &c
- Physical Signs
- Musical Signs
- A COLLECTION OF ENGLISH WORDS
- Of the Warehouse
- Terms used in Printing
- Contents
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- The History and Art of PrintingIn Two Parts, pp. 326 - 328Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1771