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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

_Vis poetica._—Poetic genius.

    _Vis vitæ._—The vigour of life.

    _Vis-à-vis._—Face to face.

    _Vita brevis, ars longa._—Life is short, and art is long.

    _Vivâ voce._—By word of mouth; by the living voice.

    _Vivant rex et regina._—Long live the king and queen.

    _Vivat regina._—Long live the queen.

    _Vivat respublica._—Live the republic.

    _Vive la bagatelle._—Success to trifling.

    _Vive la reine._—Long live the queen.

    _Vive l’empereur._—Long live the emperor.

    _Vive le roi._—Long live the king.

    _Vive l’impératrice._—Long live the empress.

    _Vive, vale._—Farewell, and be happy.

    _Voilà tout._—That’s all.

    _Voilà une autre chose._—That’s quite a different matter.

    _Voir dire._—A preliminary examination to determine the
    competency of a witness.

    _Volens et potens._—Willing and able.

    _Volgo gran bestia._—The mob is a great beast.

    _Volere è potere._—To will is to do.

    _Volti subito._—Turn over quickly.

    _Vox, et præterea nihil._—A voice, and nothing more.

    _Vox populi, vox Dei._—The people’s voice is God’s voice.

    _Vox stellarum._—The voice of the stars: applied to almanacs.

    _Vulgò._—Vulgarly; commonly.

    _Vuelta._—Over, to next page or (o.)

    _Vulnus immedicabile._—An irreparable injury.

    _Vultus est index animi._—The countenance is the index of the
    mind.

    _Zonam solvere._—To loose the virgin zone.

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INDEX.

  Abbreviated syllables, 15.

  Abbreviations, list of, 344-356.

  _Abecedarium_, probably the earliest attempt at printing, 11.

  Accents and aspirates, Greek, 99-101.
    Hebrew, 106-108.
    Russian, 112, 113.

  Accented letters, 67.

  Acids used in making paper spoil the effect of ink, 276, 277.

  Adams, Isaac, inventor of the bed-and-platen power-press, 237, 238.

  Adhesion of paper, how to prevent, 316.

  Admiration, sign of, 63.

  Agate type, specimen of, 54.

  Alcfrid, Runic memorial of, 89.

  _Alexandri Galli Doctrinale_, one of the first printed books, 10.

  Almanac, first printed book in the Middle Colonies, 16, 17.

  Alphabet, Anglo-Saxon, 91.
    English, 58.
    German, 94.
    Greek, 98.
    Hebrew, 104.
    Hieroglyphic, 84.
    Runes, 86-90.
    Russian, 112, 113.

  Alterations in a proof justly chargeable, 204, 205, 211.
    not allowable in reprints of old and standard authors, 202.

  Amber ink, how to produce, 288.

  Ambiguous and compound words to be set uniformly, 202.

  American type, superior quality of, 23.

  _American Weekly Mercury_, third newspaper in America, 17.

  Ancient ornaments, exquisite and curious, 15, 16.
    press, clumsy, 235.
    typographical peculiarities, 15.

  Anglo-Saxon characters, how originated, 51.
    alphabetical table of, 91.
    cases for, 92, 93.
    Lord’s Prayer in, 51.
    runes, table of, 88.

  Apostrophe, how used, 63, 64.

  _Appeal against the Turks_, of 1454, 11.

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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

_Vis poetica._—Poetic genius.

    _Vis vitæ._—The vigour of life.

    _Vis-à-vis._—Face to face.

    _Vita brevis, ars longa._—Life is short, and art is long.

    _Vivâ voce._—By word of mouth; by the living voice.

    _Vivant rex et regina._—Long live the king and queen.

    _Vivat regina._—Long live the queen.

    _Vivat respublica._—Live the republic.

    _Vive la bagatelle._—Success to trifling.

    _Vive la reine._—Long live the queen.

    _Vive l’empereur._—Long live the emperor.

    _Vive le roi._—Long live the king.

    _Vive l’impératrice._—Long live the empress.

    _Vive, vale._—Farewell, and be happy.

    _Voilà tout._—That’s all.

    _Voilà une autre chose._—That’s quite a different matter.

    _Voir dire._—A preliminary examination to determine the
    competency of a witness.

    _Volens et potens._—Willing and able.

    _Volgo gran bestia._—The mob is a great beast.

    _Volere è potere._—To will is to do.

    _Volti subito._—Turn over quickly.

    _Vox, et præterea nihil._—A voice, and nothing more.

    _Vox populi, vox Dei._—The people’s voice is God’s voice.

    _Vox stellarum._—The voice of the stars: applied to almanacs.

    _Vulgò._—Vulgarly; commonly.

    _Vuelta._—Over, to next page or (o.)

    _Vulnus immedicabile._—An irreparable injury.

    _Vultus est index animi._—The countenance is the index of the
    mind.

    _Zonam solvere._—To loose the virgin zone.

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INDEX.

  Abbreviated syllables, 15.

  Abbreviations, list of, 344-356.

  _Abecedarium_, probably the earliest attempt at printing, 11.

  Accents and aspirates, Greek, 99-101.
    Hebrew, 106-108.
    Russian, 112, 113.

  Accented letters, 67.

  Acids used in making paper spoil the effect of ink, 276, 277.

  Adams, Isaac, inventor of the bed-and-platen power-press, 237, 238.

  Adhesion of paper, how to prevent, 316.

  Admiration, sign of, 63.

  Agate type, specimen of, 54.

  Alcfrid, Runic memorial of, 89.

  _Alexandri Galli Doctrinale_, one of the first printed books, 10.

  Almanac, first printed book in the Middle Colonies, 16, 17.

  Alphabet, Anglo-Saxon, 91.
    English, 58.
    German, 94.
    Greek, 98.
    Hebrew, 104.
    Hieroglyphic, 84.
    Runes, 86-90.
    Russian, 112, 113.

  Alterations in a proof justly chargeable, 204, 205, 211.
    not allowable in reprints of old and standard authors, 202.

  Amber ink, how to produce, 288.

  Ambiguous and compound words to be set uniformly, 202.

  American type, superior quality of, 23.

  _American Weekly Mercury_, third newspaper in America, 17.

  Ancient ornaments, exquisite and curious, 15, 16.
    press, clumsy, 235.
    typographical peculiarities, 15.

  Anglo-Saxon characters, how originated, 51.
    alphabetical table of, 91.
    cases for, 92, 93.
    Lord’s Prayer in, 51.
    runes, table of, 88.

  Apostrophe, how used, 63, 64.

  _Appeal against the Turks_, of 1454, 11.

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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