Keep out.—To drive out or expand matter by wide spacing.
Kerned letter.—Type of which a part of the face hangs over the body.
Laying cases.—Filling cases with a fount of new type.
Laying pages.—Placing pages of type on the stone in a proper order for imposition.
Leaders.—Dots or hyphens placed at intervals of one or more ems in length, to guide the eye across the line to the folio in tables of contents, &c.
Leads.—Thin strips of metal cast of various thicknesses, quadrate-high, to separate lines of type.
Lean.—Close and solid matter.
Lean face.—Light, thin type.
Letter hangs.—When the page is out of square.
Letter-press printing.—Printing from types.