Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber’s Note This e-text uses a lot of uncommon Unicode characters, for example ℔ (U+2114 L B BAR SYMBOL), ꝥ (U+A765 LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN WITH STROKE), ♈ (U+2648 ARIES). If these (and others) don’t display for you, you may need to install additional fonts on your device. Text printed in Fraktur (‘black letter’) type, or otherwise different from the norm, appears ~like this~, italicised or underlined text _like this_, bold text =like this=. Further notes appear at the end. [Illustration] THE AMERICAN PRINTER: A Manual of Typography, CONTAINING PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR MANAGING ALL DEPARTMENTS OF A PRINTING OFFICE, AS WELL AS Complete Instructions for Apprentices: WITH SEVERAL USEFUL TABLES, NUMEROUS SCHEMES FOR IMPOSING FORMS IN EVERY VARIETY, HINTS TO AUTHORS, ETC. BY THOMAS MACKELLAR, PH. D. [Illustration: FIAT LUX.] PHILADELPHIA: MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN FOUNDRY. 1893. [Illustration] Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by L. JOHNSON & COMPANY, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. [Illustration] Eighteenth Edition—Revised and Enlarged. ELECTROTYPED BY MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN FOUNDRY, PHILADELPHIA. [Illustration] EIGHTEENTH EDITION. This edition of the _American Printer_, while essentially the same as the previous one, contains some additional matter. PHILADELPHIA, _March, 1893_. [Illustration] [Illustration] PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.