Opening the text

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

History

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

Brown ink, how to produce, 288.

  Bruce, David and George, type-founders in New York, 21, 22.
    David, Jr., type-casting machine invented by, 22.

  Bullock, William, inventor of the first perfecting press, 242-244.
    chain-running press, 244.
    self-feeding perfecting press, illustrated, 243.

  Bundle of paper described, 294.


  Cabinet for chases, illustrated, 231.
    with galley-top, illustrated, 304.

  Cabinets, job cases should be kept in, 304.
    of cases, for sorts, quads, etc., illustrated, 219-221.
    should be kept in perfect order, 221.

  Cambridge, first press in North America at, 16.

  Campbell’s cylinder presses, 239, 246.
    self-feeding perfecting press, 246.

  Cancelled figures, 70.

  Capital, good character is, 138.
    letters, 58-60.
    letters, how to use, 59, 60.

  Card-cutters, 309.
    printing, directions for, 283, 284.
    sheets, chart for cutting, (Le Blond,) 302.

  Carey, Mathew, 26.

  Cases, American plan of Roman, 124, 125.
    blank, 303.
    German, 96, 97.
    Greek, 102, 103.
    Hebrew, 109, 111.
    how to label job, 304.
    job, 302.
    labour-saving lead, 303.
    labour-saving rule, 82, 302.
    labour-saving slug, 303.
    music, 117-119.
    number of, to a fount, 128.
    proposed improvement in, 126.
    quotation furniture, 303.
    Saxon, 92, 93.
    triple job, 302.

  Caslon, William, 18.

  Cassie quires, why so called, 294.

  Casting off copy, methods of, 223-226.

  Catch-words, first used at Venice, 16.
    in titles, how to be set, 134.

  Caxton, William, introduces printing into England, 14.
    his first types not cast or founded, 13.

  Centennial Exhibition, 1876, presses exhibited at, 244-246.
    fast printing at, 245.

  Chalcography, inventor of, 34.

  Chromo-lithography, 29.

  Chromos, printed on cylinder presses, 31.

  _Chronicle of Cologne_, 9.

  Cicero, French and German name for Pica, 53.

  Circular quadrates, 78.

  Clicker, or maker-up, duties of, 226-228.

  Clymer, George, inventor of the Columbian press, 236, 237.

  Colon, use of, 62.

  Colorito, Abraham, printer at Soncino, 1488, 14.

  Colour, uniformity in, 263, 278, 279.

  Coloured inks, how to make, 286-288.
    printing, instructions for, 285-287.

  Colours, contrast of, 289-292.
    how to multiply, 288.
    how to use dry, 287, 288.

  Columbian press, illustrated, 236.
    introduced into England, 237.

  Combination borders, 80, 120.

  Comma, use of, 62.

  Commercial post paper, size of, 298.
    signs, 71.

  Companionships, how managed, 228-232.
    misunderstandings in, 228.

  Composing, directions for, 129-136.
    how to avoid errors in, 130.
    position in, 127.
    rule, steel, illustrated, 228.
    sticks, illustrated, 305.
    screw, the best for fixed measures, 305.

  Composition rollers, how to make, 252-254, 311, 312.
    how to wash, 253.
    melting-kettle for, illustrated, 252.

  Compositors, differences in 218.
    rules to be observed by, 233, 234.

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

Opening the text

History

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

Brown ink, how to produce, 288.

  Bruce, David and George, type-founders in New York, 21, 22.
    David, Jr., type-casting machine invented by, 22.

  Bullock, William, inventor of the first perfecting press, 242-244.
    chain-running press, 244.
    self-feeding perfecting press, illustrated, 243.

  Bundle of paper described, 294.


  Cabinet for chases, illustrated, 231.
    with galley-top, illustrated, 304.

  Cabinets, job cases should be kept in, 304.
    of cases, for sorts, quads, etc., illustrated, 219-221.
    should be kept in perfect order, 221.

  Cambridge, first press in North America at, 16.

  Campbell’s cylinder presses, 239, 246.
    self-feeding perfecting press, 246.

  Cancelled figures, 70.

  Capital, good character is, 138.
    letters, 58-60.
    letters, how to use, 59, 60.

  Card-cutters, 309.
    printing, directions for, 283, 284.
    sheets, chart for cutting, (Le Blond,) 302.

  Carey, Mathew, 26.

  Cases, American plan of Roman, 124, 125.
    blank, 303.
    German, 96, 97.
    Greek, 102, 103.
    Hebrew, 109, 111.
    how to label job, 304.
    job, 302.
    labour-saving lead, 303.
    labour-saving rule, 82, 302.
    labour-saving slug, 303.
    music, 117-119.
    number of, to a fount, 128.
    proposed improvement in, 126.
    quotation furniture, 303.
    Saxon, 92, 93.
    triple job, 302.

  Caslon, William, 18.

  Cassie quires, why so called, 294.

  Casting off copy, methods of, 223-226.

  Catch-words, first used at Venice, 16.
    in titles, how to be set, 134.

  Caxton, William, introduces printing into England, 14.
    his first types not cast or founded, 13.

  Centennial Exhibition, 1876, presses exhibited at, 244-246.
    fast printing at, 245.

  Chalcography, inventor of, 34.

  Chromo-lithography, 29.

  Chromos, printed on cylinder presses, 31.

  _Chronicle of Cologne_, 9.

  Cicero, French and German name for Pica, 53.

  Circular quadrates, 78.

  Clicker, or maker-up, duties of, 226-228.

  Clymer, George, inventor of the Columbian press, 236, 237.

  Colon, use of, 62.

  Colorito, Abraham, printer at Soncino, 1488, 14.

  Colour, uniformity in, 263, 278, 279.

  Coloured inks, how to make, 286-288.
    printing, instructions for, 285-287.

  Colours, contrast of, 289-292.
    how to multiply, 288.
    how to use dry, 287, 288.

  Columbian press, illustrated, 236.
    introduced into England, 237.

  Combination borders, 80, 120.

  Comma, use of, 62.

  Commercial post paper, size of, 298.
    signs, 71.

  Companionships, how managed, 228-232.
    misunderstandings in, 228.

  Composing, directions for, 129-136.
    how to avoid errors in, 130.
    position in, 127.
    rule, steel, illustrated, 228.
    sticks, illustrated, 305.
    screw, the best for fixed measures, 305.

  Composition rollers, how to make, 252-254, 311, 312.
    how to wash, 253.
    melting-kettle for, illustrated, 252.

  Compositors, differences in 218.
    rules to be observed by, 233, 234.

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.

No reviews yet