CHAPEL. An association of workmen in a printing-office.
CHASE. An iron frame in which the pages of matter are locked up.
DOUBLET. A portion of a take repeated by the compositor. For instance: “It is of no use to lament our misfortunes, of no benefit to grieve over past mistakes.” Suppose the compositor to have set up as far as the second “no” inclusive,—he then glances at his copy for the following words, but his eye catches the first “no,” and he resets what is already in his stick. Of course the proof will read thus: “It is of no use to lament our misfortunes, of no use to lament our misfortunes, of no benefit to grieve over,” etc.
FORM. The pages of matter inclosed in the chase.
GALLEY. A frame which receives the contents of the composing-stick. When the stick is full, it is emptied upon a galley.
IMPOSE. To lay the made-up pages of matter on the stone, and fit on the chase in order to carry the form to press.
INDENTION. The blank space at the beginning of a common paragraph, or of a line of poetry, etc. When the first line is not indented, while the following lines of the paragraph have a blank space before them, the paragraph is said to be set with a “hanging indention.”
Specimen of Hanging Indention.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same.
JUSTIFY. To insert spaces between the words of a line of type, so that the line shall exactly fit the width of the stick.