The American Printer: A Manual of Typography / Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.
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Page numbering replicates that in the original: pp. i-xiv in Roman, followed by page 9 sqq. in Arabic numerals. No pages are missing or duplicated.
THE American Printer:
A Manual of Typography,
CONTAINING
PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR MANAGING ALL DEPARTMENTS OF A PRINTING OFFICE,
AS WELL AS
Complete Instructions for Apprentices:
WITH SEVERAL USEFUL TABLES, NUMEROUS SCHEMES FOR IMPOSING FORMS IN EVERY VARIETY, HINTS TO AUTHORS, ETC.
Thomas MacKellar
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The American Printer.
RISE AND PROGRESS OF PRINTING.
DISCOVERY OF PRINTING.
ANCIENT PECULIARITIES.
PRINTING IN AMERICA.
TYPE-FOUNDING IN EUROPE.
TYPE-FOUNDING IN AMERICA.
STEREOTYPING.
ELECTROTYPING.
LITHOGRAPHY.
ENGRAVING.
PHOTO-ENGRAVING.
A WALK OVER OUR FOUNDRY.
IMPLEMENTS OR TOOLS OF THE ART.
TYPES.
NAMES AND SIZES OF TYPE.
GRADATION OF TYPES.
POINT SYSTEM OF TYPE-BODIES.
A BILL OF PICA.
A FOUNT OF TYPE.
LEADS.
FLOWERS AND BORDERS.
BRASS RULES.
EARLIEST WRITTEN SOUNDS.
RUNIC ALPHABETS.
ANGLO-SAXON ALPHABET.
GERMAN ALPHABET.
GREEK.
PLAN OF GREEK CASES.
HEBREW.
PLANS OF HEBREW CASES.
RUSSIAN ALPHABET.
MUSIC TYPE.
MUSIC COMPOSITION.
PLAN OF CASES.
MODERN CONVENIENCES.
THE ART OF COMPOSITION.
GENERAL REMARKS.
PLAN OF CASES.
POSITION.
LAYING TYPE.
DISTRIBUTING.
COMPOSING.
HINTS HONOURED IN THE BREACH.
TO THE APPRENTICE.
TO BEGINNERS.
IMPOSING, OR PREPARING FOR PRESS.
IMPOSITION
TYING UP PAGES.
LAYING PAGES.
MAKING UP FURNITURE.
MAKING THE MARGIN.
LOCKING UP FORMS.
MEMORANDA.
NOMENCLATURE OF SHEETS.
PROOF-READING AND CORRECTING.
PROOF-READING.
CORRECTING IN THE METAL.
TYPOGRAPHICAL MARKS EXEMPLIFIED.
TABLE OF SIGNATURES.
THE FOREMAN OR OVERSEER.
GENERAL DUTIES.
CASTING OFF COPY.
HURRIED WORK.
COMPANIONSHIPS.
MAKING UP FURNITURE.
RULES AND REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN A PRINTING-OFFICE.
THE PRESS AND ITS WORKING.
HISTORY OF THE PRESS.
THE BULLOCK WEB PERFECTING PRESS.
THE WALTER PERFECTING PRESS.
THE HOE PERFECTING PRESS.
RAILROAD-TICKET PRINTING AND NUMBERING PRESS.
JOB PRESSES.
FOLDING MACHINES.
SETTING UP A WASHINGTON PRESS.
SETTING UP THE ROLLER-STAND.
COMPOSITION ROLLERS.
COVERING TYMPANS.
WETTING PAPER.
BLANKETS.
MAKING READY A FORM ON A HAND-PRESS.
PULLING.
RULES AND REMEDIES FOR PRESSMEN.
THE LEY-TROUGH.
MAKING READY ON CYLINDER PRESSES.
FINE HAND-PRESSWORK.
PRINTING WOOD-CUTS.
CARD PRINTING
GOLD PRINTING.
BRONZE PRINTING
PRINTING IN COLOURS.
HOW TO USE DRY COLOURS.
HOW TO MULTIPLY COLOURS.
CONTRAST OF COLOURS.
OILING A PRESS.
HOW TO TREAT WOOD TYPE.
WAREHOUSE DEPARTMENT.
THE WAREHOUSEMAN.
GIVING OUT PAPER TO WET.
HANGING UP PAPER TO DRY.
TAKING DOWN SHEETS WHEN DRY.
FILLING IN AND PRESSING SHEETS.
COUNTING OUT AND PUTTING AWAY SHEETS.
STANDARD SIZES OF MACHINE-MADE PAPER.
JOBBING FACILITIES.
ORTHOGRAPHICAL.
HOW TO SECURE COPYRIGHTS.
THE METRIC SYSTEM.
Metric Equivalents of English Measures and Weights.
Table for Reducing Pounds and Ounces to Kilograms.
TECHNICAL TERMS OF THE CRAFT.
ABBREVIATIONS.
FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES, WITH TRANSLATIONS.
INDEX.
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