If on the inside of the Stroak the Graver or Sculptor have not run straight and smooth on the Stroak, but that an Extuberance lies on the Side, that Extuberance cannot easily be taken off, by beginning to Cut with the Edge of the Graver or Sculptor just where the Extuberance begins: Therefore he fixes the Point of his Graver or Sculptor in the Bottom of the Hollow, just under the Stroak where the Extuberance is, and leans the Edge of his Graver or Sculptor upwards; so as in forcing the Point of the Graver or Sculptor forwards, at the Bottom of the Hollow, the Edge of the Graver or Sculptor may slide tenderly along, and take along with it a very small, nay, invisible Chip of the most Prominent Part of the Extuberance; and so, by this Process reitterated often, he, by small Degrees, Cuts away the Extuberant part of the Stroak. 2. He is careful to keep his Gravers and Sculptors always Sharp, by often Sharpning them on the Oyl-Stone, which for that purpose he keeps ready at hand, standing on the Bench: For if a Graver or Sculptor be not sharp, it will neither make riddance, or Cut smooth; but instead of Cutting off a small Extuberancy, it will rather stick at it, and dig into the Side of the Stroak. 3. He Files very tenderly with the Small Files, especially with the Knife-Files, as well because they are Thin and Hard, not Temper’d, and therefore would snap to pieces with small violence; as also, lest with an heavy hand he should take away too much at once of that Stroak he is working upon. §. 14. ¶. 1. _Some Rules to be observed by the_ Letter-Cutter, _in the Cutting_ Roman, Italick, _and the_ Black English Letter. 1. The Stem and other Fat Stroaks of Capital _Romans_ is five Parts of forty and two (the whole Body:) Or, (which is all one) one sixth part of the Heighth of an Ascending Letter (as all Capitals are Ascendents) as has been said before. _Albertus Dürer_ took his Measure from the Heighth of Capitals, and assigned but one tenth part for the Stem. 2. The Stem, and other Fat Stroaks of Capitals _Italick_, is four parts of forty and two, (the Body.) 3. The Stem, and other Fat Stroaks of Lower-Case _Roman_, is three and an half parts of forty and two, (the Body.) 4. The Stem, and other Fat Stroaks of Lower-Case _Italick_, is three parts of forty and two, (the Body.) 5. Of _English_, the Short-Letters stand between nine parts of the Bottom-Line, and nine parts from the Top-Line; _viz._ upon three and thirty parts of forty and two, (the Body.) 6. The Stem of _English_ Capitals is six parts of forty and two, (the Body.) 7. The Stem of _English_ Lower-Case Letters is four parts of forty and two, (the Body.) ¶. 2. _Of Terms relating to the Face of Letters, and their Explanation._