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Typesetting A primer of information about working at the case, justifying, spacing, correcting, making-up, and other operations employed in setting type by hand

1. =Type: a Primer of Information= By A. A. Stewart Relating to the mechanical features of printing types; their sizes, font schemes, etc., with a brief description of their manufacture. 44 pp.; illustrated; 74 review questions; glossary.

Chapters

10. PART X--_Miscellaneous

62. =Health, Sanitation, and Safety= By Henry P. Porter Hygiene in the printing trade; a study of conditions old and new; practical suggestions for improvement; protective appli...

1. PART I--_Types, Tools, Machines, and Materials

1. =Type: a Primer of Information= By A. A. Stewart Relating to the mechanical features of printing types; their sizes, font schemes, etc., with a brief description of their man...

6. PART VI--_Correct Literary Composition

35. =Division of Words= By F. W. Hamilton Rules for the division of words at the ends of lines, with remarks on spelling, syllabication and pronunciation. 42 pp.; 70 review ques...

7. PART VII--_Design, Color, and Lettering

43. =Applied Design for Printers= By Harry L. Gage A handbook of the principles of arrangement, with brief comment on the periods of design which have most influenced printing....

2. PART II--_Hand and Machine Composition

18. =First Steps in Job Composition= By Camille DeVéze Suggestions for the apprentice compositor in setting his first jobs, especially about the important little things which go...

8. PART VIII--_History of Printing

49. =Books Before Typography= By F. W. Hamilton A primer of information about the invention of the alphabet and the history of bookmaking up to the invention of movable types. 6...

9. PART IX--_Cost Finding and Accounting

56. =Elements of Cost in Printing= By Henry P. Porter The Standard Cost-Finding Forms and their uses. What they should show. How to utilize the information they give. Review que...

4. PART IV--_Presswork

26. =Making Ready on Platen Presses= By T. G. McGrew The essential parts of a press and their functions; distinctive features of commonly used machines. Preparing the tympan, re...

5. PART V--_Pamphlet and Book Binding

31. =Book Binding= By John J. Pleger Practical information about the usual operations in binding books; folding; gathering, collating, sewing, forwarding, finishing. Case making...

3. PART III--_Imposition and Stonework

24. =Locking Forms for the Job Press= By Frank S. Henry Things the apprentice should know about locking up small forms, and about general work on the stone. Illustrated; review...