The Printer's GrammarCambridge University Press, 17 avr. 2014 - 324 pages The author of this 1755 work is unknown - John Smith may not even have been his real name - but internal evidence from the book suggests that he may have spent some time in northern Germany, and he also shows familiarity with aspects of French printing. Smith describes the typesetting of books but not the actual printing, so it is possible that he may have been a compositor or a printer's reader. The work is a comprehensive survey of all aspects of typecasting and composition, dealing with the formation of type, regular- and irregular-bodied letters, accents, kerning, upper and lower case, spacing, rules, braces and fleurons, and non-Roman fonts including Greek, Hebrew, black-letter, Old English, and Chinese, as well as mathematical and astronomical symbols and music. There are also sections on casting off copy, composing, imposing and correcting, giving a fascinating account of the eighteenth-century compositor's craft. |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Printer's Grammar: Containing a Concise History of the Origin of ... John Smith Affichage du livre entier - 1787 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Accents according accordingly Alphabet alſo anſwer appear Author becauſe begin beſides Body called Capitals caſe caſt characters chuſe Comma common Compoſing Compoſitor conſidering Copy depth different diſtinguiſh divided Double elſe Engliſh equal eſpecially Face figure Figures firſt Flowers Form former Founders Fount French give half Head inſtead inverted Italic kerned language laſt Latin length leſs Letter lines look manner Margin mark matter mean meaſure Metal method moſt muſt names Notes notice obſerved occaſion off particular Pica Points preſent Printers Printing proper purpoſe reaſon require reſt Roman rules ſaid ſame ſerve ſet ſeveral ſhall ſheet ſhew ſhort ſhould ſide ſince ſize Small Capitals ſome ſometimes Sorts Spaces ſtand ſuch taken themſelves theſe thoſe tion turn Two-lines unleſs uſed Vowels whereas whole words writing