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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.MacKellar, Thomas

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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.

Name: 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.
Author: MacKellar, Thomas

MacKellar, Thomas

Graphic design (Typography); Printing -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Printing industry -- United States

Caps.—Capitals.

    Capt.—Captain.

    Capt.-Gen.—Captain-General.

    Cash.—Cashier.

    Ca. resp.—_Capias ad respondendum_, a legal writ.

    Ca. sa.—_Capias ad satisfaciendum_, a legal writ.

    Cath.—Catherine.

    C. B.—_Communis Bancus_, Common Bench.

    C. B.—Companion of the Bath.

    C. C.—Caius College; Account Current.

    C. C. C.—Corpus Christi College.

    C. C. P.—Court of Common Pleas.

    C. E.—Canada East.

    C. E.—Civil Engineer.

    Cel. or Celt.—Celtic.

    Cf. or cf.—_Confer_, compare.

    cg.—centigram, (metric system.)

    C. G.—Commissary-General; Consul-General.

    C. H.—Court-House.

    Ch.—Church; Chapter; Charles.

    Chanc.—Chancellor.

    Chap.—Chapter.

    Chas.—Charles.

    Chem.—Chemistry.

    Chr.—Christopher.

    Chron.—Chronicles.

    Cin.—Cincinnati.

    C. J.—Chief-Justice.

    cl.—centiliter, (metric system.)

    Clk.—Clerk.

    cm.—centimeter, (metric system.)

    C. M.—Common Metre.

    C. M. G.—Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.

    Co.—Company; County.

    C. O. D.—Cash (or collect) on delivery.

    Col.—Colorado; Colonel; Colossians.

    Coll.—Collector; Colloquial; College; Collection.

    Com.—Commerce; Committee; Commentary; Commissioner; Commodore.

    Com. Arr.—Committee of Arrangements.

    Comdg.—Commanding.

    Comm.—Commentary.

    Comp.—Compare; Compound.

    Com. Ver.—Common Version (of the Bible.)

    Con.—_Contra_, against; in opposition.

    Con. Cr.—Contra credit.

    Conch.—Conchology.

    Cong.—Congress; _Congius_, a gallon.

    Conj. or conj.—Conjunction.

    Conn. or Ct.—Connecticut.

    Const.—Constable; Constitution.

    Cont.—Contra.

    Cor.—Corinthians.

    Corol.—Corollary.

    Cor. Sec.—Corresponding Secretary.

    C. P.—Common Pleas.

    C. P.—Court of Probate.

    C. P. S.—_Custos Privati Sigilli_, Keeper of the Privy Seal.

    C. R.—_Custos Rotulorum_, Keeper of the Rolls.

    Cr.—Creditor; credit.

    Crim. con.—Criminal conversation; adultery.

    C. S.—Court of Sessions.

    C. S.—_Custos Sigilli_, Keeper of the Seal.

    Ct., cts.—Cent; cents.

    C. Theod.—_Codice Theodosiano_, in the Theodosian Code.

    C. W.—Canada West.

    Cwt.—Hundredweight.

    Cyc.—Cyclopedia.

    d.—_Denarius_ or _denarii_, penny or pence.

    d.—died.

    D.—Five hundred.

    Dan.—Daniel; Danish.

    D. B. or Domesd. B.—Domesday-Book.

    D. C.—_Da Capo_, again.

    D. C.—District of Columbia.

    D. C. L.—Doctor of Civil Law.

    D. D.—_Divinitatis Doctor_, Doctor of Divinity.

    D. D. D.—_Dat_, _dicat_, _dedicat_, he gives, he devotes, he
    dedicates.

    Dea.—Deacon.

    Dec.—December; Declination.

    Deg.—Degree or degrees.

    Del.—Delaware; Delegate.

    Del. or del.—_Delineavit_, he drew it.

    Dem.—Democrat.

    Dep.—Deputy.

    Dept.—Department.

    Deut.—Deuteronomy.

    D.F.—Dean of the Faculty.

    Dft. or deft.—Defendant.

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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.

MacKellar, Thomas

Graphic design (Typography); Printing -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Printing industry -- United States

Caps.—Capitals.

    Capt.—Captain.

    Capt.-Gen.—Captain-General.

    Cash.—Cashier.

    Ca. resp.—_Capias ad respondendum_, a legal writ.

    Ca. sa.—_Capias ad satisfaciendum_, a legal writ.

    Cath.—Catherine.

    C. B.—_Communis Bancus_, Common Bench.

    C. B.—Companion of the Bath.

    C. C.—Caius College; Account Current.

    C. C. C.—Corpus Christi College.

    C. C. P.—Court of Common Pleas.

    C. E.—Canada East.

    C. E.—Civil Engineer.

    Cel. or Celt.—Celtic.

    Cf. or cf.—_Confer_, compare.

    cg.—centigram, (metric system.)

    C. G.—Commissary-General; Consul-General.

    C. H.—Court-House.

    Ch.—Church; Chapter; Charles.

    Chanc.—Chancellor.

    Chap.—Chapter.

    Chas.—Charles.

    Chem.—Chemistry.

    Chr.—Christopher.

    Chron.—Chronicles.

    Cin.—Cincinnati.

    C. J.—Chief-Justice.

    cl.—centiliter, (metric system.)

    Clk.—Clerk.

    cm.—centimeter, (metric system.)

    C. M.—Common Metre.

    C. M. G.—Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.

    Co.—Company; County.

    C. O. D.—Cash (or collect) on delivery.

    Col.—Colorado; Colonel; Colossians.

    Coll.—Collector; Colloquial; College; Collection.

    Com.—Commerce; Committee; Commentary; Commissioner; Commodore.

    Com. Arr.—Committee of Arrangements.

    Comdg.—Commanding.

    Comm.—Commentary.

    Comp.—Compare; Compound.

    Com. Ver.—Common Version (of the Bible.)

    Con.—_Contra_, against; in opposition.

    Con. Cr.—Contra credit.

    Conch.—Conchology.

    Cong.—Congress; _Congius_, a gallon.

    Conj. or conj.—Conjunction.

    Conn. or Ct.—Connecticut.

    Const.—Constable; Constitution.

    Cont.—Contra.

    Cor.—Corinthians.

    Corol.—Corollary.

    Cor. Sec.—Corresponding Secretary.

    C. P.—Common Pleas.

    C. P.—Court of Probate.

    C. P. S.—_Custos Privati Sigilli_, Keeper of the Privy Seal.

    C. R.—_Custos Rotulorum_, Keeper of the Rolls.

    Cr.—Creditor; credit.

    Crim. con.—Criminal conversation; adultery.

    C. S.—Court of Sessions.

    C. S.—_Custos Sigilli_, Keeper of the Seal.

    Ct., cts.—Cent; cents.

    C. Theod.—_Codice Theodosiano_, in the Theodosian Code.

    C. W.—Canada West.

    Cwt.—Hundredweight.

    Cyc.—Cyclopedia.

    d.—_Denarius_ or _denarii_, penny or pence.

    d.—died.

    D.—Five hundred.

    Dan.—Daniel; Danish.

    D. B. or Domesd. B.—Domesday-Book.

    D. C.—_Da Capo_, again.

    D. C.—District of Columbia.

    D. C. L.—Doctor of Civil Law.

    D. D.—_Divinitatis Doctor_, Doctor of Divinity.

    D. D. D.—_Dat_, _dicat_, _dedicat_, he gives, he devotes, he
    dedicates.

    Dea.—Deacon.

    Dec.—December; Declination.

    Deg.—Degree or degrees.

    Del.—Delaware; Delegate.

    Del. or del.—_Delineavit_, he drew it.

    Dem.—Democrat.

    Dep.—Deputy.

    Dept.—Department.

    Deut.—Deuteronomy.

    D.F.—Dean of the Faculty.

    Dft. or deft.—Defendant.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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.

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.

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