Category: Language & Communication
A primer of information regarding the history and mechanical construction of platen printing presses, from the original hand press to the modern job press, to which is added a chapter on automatic presses of small size. 51 pp.; illustrated; 49 review questions; glossary.
This series of Typographic Text-books is the result of the splendid co-operation of a large number of firms and individuals engaged in the printing business and its allied indus...
1. PART I--_Types, Tools, Machines, and MaterialsA primer of information regarding the history and mechanical construction of platen printing presses, from the original hand press to the modern job press, to which is added a c...
6. PART VI--_Correct Literary Composition7. PART VII--_Design, Color, and LetteringA handbook of the principles of arrangement, with brief comment on the periods of design which have most influenced printing. Treats of harmony, balance, proportion, and rhythm;...
2. PART II--_Hand and Machine CompositionSuggestions for the apprentice compositor in setting his first jobs, especially about the important little things which go to make good display in typography. 63 pp.; examples;...
8. PART VIII--_History of PrintingA primer of information about the beginnings of printing, the development of the book, the development of printers' materials, and the work of the great pioneers. 63 pp.; 55 rev...
9. PART IX--_Cost Finding and Accounting4. PART IV--_PressworkThe essential parts of a press and their functions; distinctive features of commonly used machines. Preparing the tympan, regulating the impression, underlaying and overlaying,...
5. PART V--_Pamphlet and Book BindingPractical information about the usual operations in binding books; folding; gathering, collating, sewing, forwarding, finishing. Case making and cased-in books. Hand work and ma...
3. PART III--_Imposition and Stonework