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Modern Methods Of Book Composition by Theodore Low De Vinne

By Theodore Low De Vinne

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It is better practice to limit their height to five feet. The case-racks of display type should have side- frames, with supports that project about four or Case-rack ofpipe-iron more inches from the frame. 37 This extension will enable the compositor to expose the case and set a line therefrom without removing it from the rack. Case-rack of pipe-iron. numbered with a large readand the duplicate of this figure should be pasted on the side of the case-rack where the This method will be a safeguard case belongs.

Our modern lower case has in the first row of large boxes the letters b, c, d, e, f, fi, ff , g. The second row has 1, m, n, o, y, p the third row has v, u, t, r. The ; a, i, s, h, w, r, seem to have been put out of the old types of order to bring them in easier Printers of northern reach. Europe, who use text types without small capitals, prefer a case in one piece, but in England and America the case in two parts has always had most favor. The " " lay of the upper case has received many changes.

12 2 3 1 6 7 8 420 Total rially disturb the percentages tbat have been s P ecifled in the table Every new analysis will show decided inequality. 2 The spaces and quadrats constitute more than one fourth of the weight of the lower-case The weight of the justisorts. fying spaces is about one sixth. Analysis of a font of type The proportion that each class of sorts bears to the entire weight of the font ing percentages Lower-case Upper-case 17 is shown in the follow- : . 76 . 12 09 Italic Accents, etc.

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