Outfit for an 8 × 10 Press.
—This outfit should have all the fixtures of both of those described above and you will need not less than four fonts of type, while a composing stick, which is a little metal tray to hold the type in as you set it, is a necessity. These fixtures are shown in [Fig. 64].
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| PAPER GUAGE | ||||||
| D—A BOUGHT GUAGE PIN |  | A—WOOD FURNITURE | B—A LEAD | |||
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 | A BODKIN | |||||
| C—A COMMON PIN BENT FOR A GUAGE PIN |  | E—REGULAR PRINTER’S TWEEZERS WITH COARSE SERRATED FLAT POINTS |  | |||
| A COMPOSING STICK | ||||||
Fig. 64. an outfit for a model press
About Type and Setting Type.
—Relative Number of Type Letters.
—In looking over type catalogues you will see that the fonts are listed as 4A, or 8A-10A, etc. Now this means that in the 4A font there are 4 capital A letters and that all of the other letters are in proportion to the A’s that are likely to be used, thus:
A 4A FONT
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | |
| No. of letters to font | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |