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.
MacKellar, Thomas
Graphic design (Typography); Printing -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Printing industry -- United States
q. e. d.—_Quod erat demonstrandum_, which was to be proved.
q. e. f.—_Quod erat faciendum_, which was to be done.
q. e. i.—_Quod erat inveniendum_, which was to be found out.
q. l.—_Quantum libet_, as much as you please.
Q. M.—Quartermaster.
qm.—_Quomodo_, how; by what means.
Q. M. G.—Quartermaster-General.
q. p. or q. pl.—_Quantum placet_, as much as you please.
Qr.—Quarter.
Q. S.—Quarter Sessions.
q. s.—_Quantum sufficit_, a sufficient quantity.
qt.—Quart.
qu. or qy. (?).—_Quære_, inquire; query.
Quar.—Quarterly.
Ques.—Question.
q. v.—_Quod vide_, which see; _Quantum vis_, as much as you
will.
℞.—_Recipe_, take; Response, in church books.
R.—_Regina_, Queen; _Rex_, King; River; Rood; Rod.
R. A.—Royal Academy; Royal Academician; Royal Artillery.
R. A.—Royal Arch; Royal Association.
R. E.—Royal Engineers.
Rec.—Recipe; Recorder.
Recd.—Received.
Rec. Sec.—Recording Secretary.
Rect.—Rector; Receipt.
Ref.—Reference.
Ref. Ch.—Reformed Church.
Reg.—Register; Regular.
Reg. Prof.—Regius Professor.
Regr.—Registrar.
Regt.—Regiment.
Rel.—Religion.
Rep.—Representative; Republican; Report.
Rev.—Reverend; Revelation (Book of;) Review; Revenue; Revise.
Rhet.—Rhetoric.
R. I.—Rhode Island.
Richd.—Richard.
R. M.—Royal Marines; Royal Mail.
R. M. S.—Royal Mail Steamer.
R. N.—Royal Navy.
Ro.—_Recto_, right—hand page.
Robt.—Robert.
Rom.—Romans (Book of.)
Rom. Cath.—Roman Catholic.
R. P.—_Regius Professor_, the King’s Professor.
R. P. E.—Reformed Protestant Episcopal.
R. R.—Railroad.
R. S.—Recording Secretary.
Rs.—_Responsus_, to answer.
R. S. A.—Royal Society of Antiquaries; Royal Scottish Academy.
R. S. D.—Royal Society of Dublin.
R. S. E.—Royal Society of Edinburgh.
R. S. L.—Royal Society of London.
R. S. S.—_Regiæ Societatis Socius_, Fellow of the Royal Society.
R. S. V. P.—_Répondez, s’il vous plaît_, answer, if you please.
Rt. Hon.—Right Honourable.
Rt. Rev.—Right Reverend.
Rt. Wpful.—Right Worshipful.
R. W.—Right Worthy.
S.—South; Saint; Scribe; Sulphur; Sunday; Sun; Series;
_Solidus_, a shilling; Stere, (metric system.)
S. A.—South America; South Africa; South Australia.
s. a.—_Secundum artem_, according to art.
Sam.—Samuel.
S. A. S.—_Societatis Antiquariorum Socius_, Fellow of the
Society of Antiquaries.
Sat.—Saturday.
Sax.—Saxon.
Sax. Chron.—Saxon Chronicle.
S. C.—_Senatûs Consultum_, a decree of the Senate; South
Carolina.
Sc.—_Sculpsit_, he engraved it.
sc. or scil.—_Scilicet_, namely.
Scan. Mag.—_Scandalum magnatum_, scandal of the great.
Schol.—_Scholium_, a note.
Schr.—Schooner.
Sci. fa.—_Scire facias_, to show cause.
Sclav.—Sclavonic.
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