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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

Eighteens, scheme for imposing half-sheet of, 176.
    the same, with two blanks, 176.
    sheet of, folded together, 177, 178.
    the same, with one signature, 177, 178.
    the same, with two signatures, 179, 180.
    the same, with three signatures, 179, 180.
    half-sheet of, without transposition, 181.

  Electro-stereotyping, 27, 43.

  Electrotyping, method of, 27.

  Emerald green, 288.

  Enamelled cards, to be printed dry, 283, 284.

  English type, specimen of, 53.

  Engraver’s proof useful to pressmen, 283.

  Engravings, copper-plate, 34.
    how to print, 280-283.
    how to restore, 317.
    tools for, 34.
    wood, 31-34.

  Epitaph, printer’s, 208.

  Errata, list of, where placed, 136.

  Errors inevitable, 136.
    made in correcting a proof, 203, 204.

  _Escala espiritual de San Juan Climaco_, the first book printed in
      America, 16.

  Even impressions on a hand-press, how to obtain, 277-279.

  Exclamation, sign of, 63.


  Feed-guides, Megill’s, illustrated, 310.

  Figgins’s, Vincent, opinion of Caxton’s type, 13.

  Figures, arithmetical, 70.
    old style, 70.
    scratched or cancelled, 70.

  Filling the standing press, 296, 297.

  Fine hand-presswork, remarks concerning, 275-279.
    printing, character of ink required for, 275, 276.
    paper suitable for, 257.
    why difficult in the United States, 276, 277.

  Finiguerra, Thomas, discoverer of chalcography, 34.

  Firefly press, Gordon’s, 247.

  Fireproof ink, 314.

  Flat cap paper, size of, 298.

  Flowers and borders, remarks on, 80.

  Fly on cylinder presses, how to be set, 274.

  Folding machines, 249.

  Folio, imposing single sheet of, 150.
    paper, size of, 298.
    two sheets quired, 151, 152.

  Follow copy, the compositor’s rule, 204.

  Foolscap paper, dimensions of, 298.

  Foreign words and phrases, translated, 357-372.

  Foreman, duties and qualifications of, 218-232.

  Form, how to make ready for hand-press, 257-260.
    of warehouse book, 293.

  Forms, directions for locking up, 147, 148.
    how to impose, 141, 142.
    how to wash, 264, 265.
    precautions in unlocking, 208.

  Forties, scheme for imposing half-sheet of, 191.

  Forty-eights, scheme for imposing quarter sheet of, with two
     signatures, 192.
    the same, without cutting, 193.
    half-sheet of, 192.
    the same, three signatures, 193.
    quarter sheet of, 194.

  Foul proof, a grievous fault, 207.

  Founders, English, ancient regulations concerning, 18.

  Fount of letter, complete, described, 58.

  Founts, irregularities of, 58.

  Fractions, 70.

  Franklin, Benjamin, attempts type-founding, 19.
    James, establishes the _New England Courant_, 17.

  Franklin presses, Gordon’s, 247.
    illustrated, 246.

  Friars, how to obviate, 263.

  Frisket, directions for preparing, 258.
    catch of, how to place, 259.

  Full point, use of, 62, 63.

  Furniture, how to make up, 144, 145.

  Fust, John, connection with Gutenberg and Schœffer, 11, 12.

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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

Eighteens, scheme for imposing half-sheet of, 176.
    the same, with two blanks, 176.
    sheet of, folded together, 177, 178.
    the same, with one signature, 177, 178.
    the same, with two signatures, 179, 180.
    the same, with three signatures, 179, 180.
    half-sheet of, without transposition, 181.

  Electro-stereotyping, 27, 43.

  Electrotyping, method of, 27.

  Emerald green, 288.

  Enamelled cards, to be printed dry, 283, 284.

  English type, specimen of, 53.

  Engraver’s proof useful to pressmen, 283.

  Engravings, copper-plate, 34.
    how to print, 280-283.
    how to restore, 317.
    tools for, 34.
    wood, 31-34.

  Epitaph, printer’s, 208.

  Errata, list of, where placed, 136.

  Errors inevitable, 136.
    made in correcting a proof, 203, 204.

  _Escala espiritual de San Juan Climaco_, the first book printed in
      America, 16.

  Even impressions on a hand-press, how to obtain, 277-279.

  Exclamation, sign of, 63.


  Feed-guides, Megill’s, illustrated, 310.

  Figgins’s, Vincent, opinion of Caxton’s type, 13.

  Figures, arithmetical, 70.
    old style, 70.
    scratched or cancelled, 70.

  Filling the standing press, 296, 297.

  Fine hand-presswork, remarks concerning, 275-279.
    printing, character of ink required for, 275, 276.
    paper suitable for, 257.
    why difficult in the United States, 276, 277.

  Finiguerra, Thomas, discoverer of chalcography, 34.

  Firefly press, Gordon’s, 247.

  Fireproof ink, 314.

  Flat cap paper, size of, 298.

  Flowers and borders, remarks on, 80.

  Fly on cylinder presses, how to be set, 274.

  Folding machines, 249.

  Folio, imposing single sheet of, 150.
    paper, size of, 298.
    two sheets quired, 151, 152.

  Follow copy, the compositor’s rule, 204.

  Foolscap paper, dimensions of, 298.

  Foreign words and phrases, translated, 357-372.

  Foreman, duties and qualifications of, 218-232.

  Form, how to make ready for hand-press, 257-260.
    of warehouse book, 293.

  Forms, directions for locking up, 147, 148.
    how to impose, 141, 142.
    how to wash, 264, 265.
    precautions in unlocking, 208.

  Forties, scheme for imposing half-sheet of, 191.

  Forty-eights, scheme for imposing quarter sheet of, with two
     signatures, 192.
    the same, without cutting, 193.
    half-sheet of, 192.
    the same, three signatures, 193.
    quarter sheet of, 194.

  Foul proof, a grievous fault, 207.

  Founders, English, ancient regulations concerning, 18.

  Fount of letter, complete, described, 58.

  Founts, irregularities of, 58.

  Fractions, 70.

  Franklin, Benjamin, attempts type-founding, 19.
    James, establishes the _New England Courant_, 17.

  Franklin presses, Gordon’s, 247.
    illustrated, 246.

  Friars, how to obviate, 263.

  Frisket, directions for preparing, 258.
    catch of, how to place, 259.

  Full point, use of, 62, 63.

  Furniture, how to make up, 144, 145.

  Fust, John, connection with Gutenberg and Schœffer, 11, 12.

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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