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imposition. The placing and arranging of set matter, plates, etc., into columns, pages, or the like, as on the stone, in proper position for printing.

imprint. (1) The publisher's name, with the place and generally the date of issue, printed in a book or other publication. (2) A printer's name (and usually address) on anything printed by him.

indention. The setting in of a line or body of type by

a blank space at the beginning or left hand, as in the first line of a paragraph.

inferior. Set below the level of the line, as small characters, without a shoulder below, used in chemical formulas-as, in C4, Da, the 4 and n are inferior

characters.

inset. A leaf or leaves inserted, as in a book or newspaper; usually an offcut, or part cut off from the main sheet and folded in with it.

italic.

Designating or printed in a style of type in which the letters slope toward the right: invented in Italy about 1500, and used chiefly for emphasis.

jacket. A paper wrapper for covering a bound book. job-case. See CASE.

job-office. A printing-office where miscellaneous printing is done.

job-press. Any small bed-and-platen printing-press. job-printer. One who does miscellaneous printing, such as cards, posters, handbills, and circulars.

job type. Type, especially display-type, adapted, from its size, form, etc., for use by job-printers. journeyman printer. A printer who has completed his apprenticeship or learned his trade.

justification. The act of justifying, adjusting, or fitting; adjustment, as of type in printing.

justify. To adjust or make even by spacing properly, as lines or a column of type.

kern. That part of a type which overhangs the shaft or shank, as in an italic ƒ.

kerned. Having a kern: said of a letter.

lay. (1) To arrange in cases, as

new type. (2) To place pages on the imposing-stone in proper order for a form.

lead. A thin strip of type-metal or brass, less than type-high, used in composition to separate lines. lead. To separate, as lines of type, with thin metal strips, or leads. Also, to lead out.

leaders. Dots or hyphens set in a row horizontally, or a dot or hyphen of such a row, used to guide the eye from one side of a page or column to the other. Also, a type containing such a character.

lean. Not admitting of earning good or ordinary wages; unprofitable-as, type of which an unusual amount is required to fill a certain space, or as work requiring extra time without bringing extra pay. lean-faced. Having a face that is disproportionately narrow said of type.

letter-press. (1) Printed from type, as distinguished from matter printed from plates. (2) Letters and words printed; the text of a book as distinguished from the illustrations. ligatures.

In writing and printing: (1) Two or more connected letters-as, ff, fi, fi, ffi, æ, usually called by printers a double letter or logotype. (2) The character to indicate connection (~).

line-former. A brass or metal device for preserving accuracy of curve in curved lines.

linotype. (1) A line of type cast in one piece; a typebar or type-slug. (2) A machine for producing

stereotyped lines or bars of words, etc., as a substitute for type-setting.

[blocks in formation]

lock up. To close or make fast, as a form of type. logotype. A type bearing two or more letters, a syllable, a word, or words.

lower case. (1) That one of a pair of cases which contains the small letters, spaces, points, etc. (2) The

small letters commonly kept in a lower case: often used attributively. Compare CASE.

mackle. (1) To make a blurred impression of. (2) A spot or blemish; also, a blurred impression as from bad press-work.

make ready. To prepare a form for printing, as by underlaying and overlaying.

make up. (1) To arrange, as lines of composed type, into columns or pages. (2) The arrangement of such type, into columns, pages, or forms, as in imposition.

maker-up. One who arranges composed type, cuts, etc., into columns or pages.

make-up rule. A brass rule having a projection above the middle to aid in handling type.

marble. To stain or color in imitation of marble, as the edges of books.

marble-edged. Having edges that have been marbled: said of a book.

margin. A space along an edge; specifically, the blank space on the edge of a printed sheet.

matrix. (1) A papier-mâché, plaster, wax, or other impression of a form from which a plate for printing may be made. (2) The part of a mold that forms the face of a letter.

matter. (1) Type that is set or composed: when it is yet

to be printed from or to be electrotyped, termed live matter or standing matter; when ready for distribution, as after use, dead matter. (2) Material to be set up; copy.

measure.

The width of a page or column, usually given in ems-as, "The measure was 22 ems pica." mold. A matrix, as of papier-mâché or wax, in which castings are made.

monotype. Designating a form of type-setting machine in which the type is cast or set in single letters, as distinguished from one that casts in lines or bars of words.

morocco. Leather made from goatskins tanned with sumac, used for binding books; as, French morocco, Levant morocco, and Persian morocco.

mortise. To cut out a space, as in a block, so that type may be set therein.

music-case. See CASE.

nick. One of several grooves cast in the front of the shank of a type, to aid in placing the type right side up, or in guiding it as in a type-setting machine, or in distinguishing types of different face but similar body.

nipper. A clasp or gripper in a printing-press to hold a sheet against the tympan.

octavo. A book or pamphlet in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves. Commonly written 8vo. The following sizes are generally recognized in the United States: cap 8vo, 44 X 7 inches; demy 8vo 528 inches; imperial 8vo, 84 × 111⁄2 inches; medium 8vo, 6X9%1⁄2 inches, the size usually assumed when 8vo is written without a limiting adjective; royal 8vo, 61⁄2 X 10 inches.

octodecimo. A size of book in which each sheet makes

18 leaves or 36 pages: usually written 18mo, and called eighteenmo.

off-cut. (1) A surplus margin cut from paper. (2) A

part of a printed sheet cut off for separate folding. off its feet. Out of perpendicular: said of composed

type that does not rest evenly on its base or foot. off print. (1) To reprint an excerpt, as from a magazine. (2) A reproduction of an article or paragraph printed in some publication : of recent coinage. off-set. To smut on the back, as in printing the second side of a sheet.

open matter. Type containing much open space. out. In proof-reading, printing, etc., matter omitted, or the place where such omission occurs.

out of register. (1) Faulty adjustment in position of the lines, columns, margins, etc., on one side of a page or leaf with those on the other side. (2) Incorrect relation of the colors in color-printing, so that one color overlaps or falls short of its proper position.

overlay. A piece of paper placed on the tympan of a

press to make the impression heavier at the corresponding part of the form, or to compensate for a depression in the form.

overrun.

To alter the arrangement of composed types by driving letters or words into another line, or lines into another column or page: caused by the removal or correction of matter already set. packing. Rubber, paper, millboard or other substance used on the impression-surface of a printing-press between the metal and the sheet to be printed. page-cord. Twine used to tie around a page of type and keep it assembled, so that it may be conveniently handled.

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