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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 [...]

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The “lay” of a pair of type cases (upper case).

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

This is the top half of the figure, the upper case. In the actual type tray, individual sorts, or pieces of type, would be stored in the compartment indicated. Note that the actual compartments are o [...]

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The “lay” of a pair of type cases (lower case).

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

This is the lower half of the figure, and shows (not by coincidence) how the miniscule letters, now called lower case letters, were stored in the type case. Note that quadrat is from the Latin for squ [...]

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Front Cover, Pentateuch of Printing

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

The outside of the book.

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Title Page, Pentateuch of Printing

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

Two stern figures hold up an ornate title page. The Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges. Biblia Sacra Psalterium Moguntianum by William Blades, Typographer Gutenberg Zell Aldus Verard Cost [...]

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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 [...]

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Old Iron Composing Stick

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

Not mentioned in the text, but see the fifteenth century composing stick for details.

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