Guide.—A strip of metal frequently used to denote the last line of copy set.
Gutter-sticks.—Furniture used in imposition to separate the pages.
Half press.—When but one person works at the press.
Half-title.—The title of a book inserted in the upper portion of the first page of matter.
Hanging indention.—Where successive lines are set-in an em or more beyond the first line.
Head-sticks.—Furniture put at the head of pages in imposition, to make margin.
Hell.—The receptacle for broken or battered letters; the old-metal box; the shoe.
High-line.—Term applied to a type that ranges above the rest in a line.
High (or low) to paper.—Applied to a type cast higher or lower than the rest of the fount.
Hollow quadrates.—Metal quadrates mortised for the insertion of types, &c.