Items matching diagrams taken from Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

diagrams: pictures drawn to help explain how something works.

Synonyms: charts

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Pictures from The Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges by William Blades (1824 – 1890), Typographer, Chicago, 1891; I have added the captions.

Fifteenth Century Wooden Composing Stick

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

“Standing in front of the case, the compositor held in his left hand a wooden “composing-stick,” in which a rectangular trench had been cut to receive the letters. Reading and keeping in his mind a fe [...]

Keywords: printing, tools, typography, diagrams, hands

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Added: 2006-09-17

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A Line of Composed Type

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

“When the end of a line was reached, and there was no room for more words and yet some space left, the compositor by placing a little extra space between the words made the line fill out the stick. Th [...]

Keywords: typography, printing, diagrams

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Added: 2006-09-17

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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