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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

Gaillarde, French term for Bourgeois type, 54.

  Gallows, how to be placed, 259.

  _Game of Chess_, first book printed in England by Caxton, 14.

  Gauge pins, Megill’s, illustrated, 310.

  Ged, William, inventor of stereotyping, 24.

  Geometrical signs, 71, 72.

  German alphabet, 94.
    plan of cases for, 96, 97.
    similar letters elucidated, 94, 95.

  Germantown, first paper mill in America, near, 17.
    first quarto Bible in America, printed at, 19.
    type cast at, by Saur, 19.

  Giving out book paper to wet, 294.
    paper for jobs, 294, 295.

  Globe press, 248.

  Glover, Jesse, introduces printing into Cambridge, Mass., 16.

  Glue, common prepared, 313.
    liquid, how to make, 313.

  Gold preparation, how to use, 288.
    printing, how practised, 284, 317.
    size for gold printing, 284.

  Good habits inculcated, 121-123, 137, 138.
    presswork, conditions for securing, 279.

  Gordon’s Franklin press, illustrated, 246.
    job-presses, 246, 247.

  Gothic characters, early books printed in, 16.

  Gradation of type bodies, 56.

  Grant Thorburn, benevolence of, 239.

  Great Primer, specimen of, 53.

  Greek accents and aspirates, 98-101.
    alphabetical table of, 98.
    letters, numerical value of, 67, 98.
    ligatures now discarded, 98.
    numeral letters, table of, 67.
    plan of cases for, 102, 103.
    rules for composing, 101.

  Green ink, how to make, 288.

  Gros Romain, French title for Great Primer, 53.

  Guillemet’s quotation marks, 62.

  Gutenberg, account of, 9-14.

  Gutter-sticks, directions for cutting, 148.

  Gypsum in paper, effects of, 276, 277.


  Haarlem, the birthplace of printing, 9.

  Hand-mould improved by Binny, 20.

  Hand-press, how to prepare impression on, 275-279.
    how to overlay on, 277.
    bearers used on, 277, 278.

  Hand-presswork, fine, how to produce, 275-279.

  Handwriting, erroneous notion concerning, 226.

  Hanging pages, how to rectify, 208.
    up paper to dry, 295.

  Hansard’s receipt for making rollers, 253, 254.

  Hard roller, best for fine work, 267.

  Head-lines, how displayed, 131.

  Heap of paper, how to treat, 259.

  Heated type, pernicious effects from distributing it, 129.

  Hebrew accents, 106-108.
    alphabet, identical with Phœnician, 83.
    alphabetical table of, 104.
    Bible, first printed, 14.
    letters, numeral value of, 104.
    letters of similar appearance, 105.
    lower case, without points, 109.
    Masoretic points or vowels, 106.
    method of composing, 105.
    plan of cases with points, 110, 111.
    scheme for imposing 8vo sheet of, 161, 162.
    spacing letters, 105.

  Height of type, standard for, 57, 58.

  Hieroglyphic alphabet, 84.

  Hinderances to fine printing in America, 276, 277.

  Hints honoured in the breach, 136, 137.

  Hoe & Co.’s cylinder presses, 239-242.

  Hoe, Richard M., inventor of type-revolving printing machine, 241.
    Robert, account of, 239, 240.

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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

Gaillarde, French term for Bourgeois type, 54.

  Gallows, how to be placed, 259.

  _Game of Chess_, first book printed in England by Caxton, 14.

  Gauge pins, Megill’s, illustrated, 310.

  Ged, William, inventor of stereotyping, 24.

  Geometrical signs, 71, 72.

  German alphabet, 94.
    plan of cases for, 96, 97.
    similar letters elucidated, 94, 95.

  Germantown, first paper mill in America, near, 17.
    first quarto Bible in America, printed at, 19.
    type cast at, by Saur, 19.

  Giving out book paper to wet, 294.
    paper for jobs, 294, 295.

  Globe press, 248.

  Glover, Jesse, introduces printing into Cambridge, Mass., 16.

  Glue, common prepared, 313.
    liquid, how to make, 313.

  Gold preparation, how to use, 288.
    printing, how practised, 284, 317.
    size for gold printing, 284.

  Good habits inculcated, 121-123, 137, 138.
    presswork, conditions for securing, 279.

  Gordon’s Franklin press, illustrated, 246.
    job-presses, 246, 247.

  Gothic characters, early books printed in, 16.

  Gradation of type bodies, 56.

  Grant Thorburn, benevolence of, 239.

  Great Primer, specimen of, 53.

  Greek accents and aspirates, 98-101.
    alphabetical table of, 98.
    letters, numerical value of, 67, 98.
    ligatures now discarded, 98.
    numeral letters, table of, 67.
    plan of cases for, 102, 103.
    rules for composing, 101.

  Green ink, how to make, 288.

  Gros Romain, French title for Great Primer, 53.

  Guillemet’s quotation marks, 62.

  Gutenberg, account of, 9-14.

  Gutter-sticks, directions for cutting, 148.

  Gypsum in paper, effects of, 276, 277.


  Haarlem, the birthplace of printing, 9.

  Hand-mould improved by Binny, 20.

  Hand-press, how to prepare impression on, 275-279.
    how to overlay on, 277.
    bearers used on, 277, 278.

  Hand-presswork, fine, how to produce, 275-279.

  Handwriting, erroneous notion concerning, 226.

  Hanging pages, how to rectify, 208.
    up paper to dry, 295.

  Hansard’s receipt for making rollers, 253, 254.

  Hard roller, best for fine work, 267.

  Head-lines, how displayed, 131.

  Heap of paper, how to treat, 259.

  Heated type, pernicious effects from distributing it, 129.

  Hebrew accents, 106-108.
    alphabet, identical with Phœnician, 83.
    alphabetical table of, 104.
    Bible, first printed, 14.
    letters, numeral value of, 104.
    letters of similar appearance, 105.
    lower case, without points, 109.
    Masoretic points or vowels, 106.
    method of composing, 105.
    plan of cases with points, 110, 111.
    scheme for imposing 8vo sheet of, 161, 162.
    spacing letters, 105.

  Height of type, standard for, 57, 58.

  Hieroglyphic alphabet, 84.

  Hinderances to fine printing in America, 276, 277.

  Hints honoured in the breach, 136, 137.

  Hoe & Co.’s cylinder presses, 239-242.

  Hoe, Richard M., inventor of type-revolving printing machine, 241.
    Robert, account of, 239, 240.

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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