Author’s proof.—The clean proof sent to an author after the compositors’ errors have been corrected.
Bank.—A table about four feet high, to lay sheets on at press.
Bastard title.—A short title preceding the general title of a work.
Bastard type.—Type with a face larger or smaller than its regular body: as Nonpareil on Minion body, or Minion on Nonpareil body.
Batter.—Types accidentally injured in a form.
Beard of a letter.—The outer angles supporting the face of a type and extending to the shoulder.
Bearer.—A strip of reglet to bear off the impression from a blank page. A long piece of furniture, type-high, used in working jobs. A solid-faced type interspersed among the blank parts of a page composed for stereotyping, to resist the pressure of the knife when the plate is shaved.
Bearer-lines.—The top line and bottom line in a page prepared for stereotyping.
Bed.—The flat part of the press on which the form is laid.
Bevels.—Slugs cast nearly type-high, with a beveled edge, used by stereotypers to form the flange on the side of the plates.