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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

Hoe’s web perfecting press, illustrated, 245.

  Hollow quadrates, use of, 77.

  Horn-book, illustration of, xi.

  Humphreys’s History of the Art of Printing, 12.

  Hurried work, how to expedite, 226-228.

  Hyphen, how employed, 64, 65.
    not used by the earliest printers, 15.


  Iceland, early printing office in, 14.

  Imperial and half paper, size of, 298.
    paper, dimensions of, 298.

  Imposing forms, directions for, 141, 142.
    in companionships, rules for, 230, 231.

  Imposing, memoranda concerning, 148, 149.
    abstract title-deeds, 150.
    FOLIO, single sheet, 150.
    two sheets, quired, 151, 152.
    QUARTO, common sheet of, 153, 154.
    scheme for, music books, 153, 154.
    two half-sheets, together, 155, 156.
    half-sheet, broad way, 155, 156.
    OCTAVO, sheet of, 157, 158.
    the broad way, 157, 158.
    half-sheet, 159.
    two half-sheets, together, 159, 160.
    two quarters, together, 160.
    sheet, mixed, 161, 162.
    sheet of Hebrew, 161, 162.
    sheet, from the centre, 163, 164.
    half-sheet, from the centre, 163.
    two quarters, from the centre, 164.
    DUODECIMO, or 12mo, sheet, 165.
    the same, without cutting, 166.
    the same, two signatures, 167.
    half-sheet, 168.
    the same, without cutting, 168.
    the same, from the centre, 169.
    sheet of, from the centre, 170.
    the same, long way, 171, 172.
    one-third of a sheet, 171, 172.
    two half-sheets, together, 173.
    half-sheet, two signatures, 174.
    SIXTEENS, half-sheet of, 174.
    sheet of, 175.
    EIGHTEENS, half-sheet of, 176.
    the same, with two blanks, 176.
    sheet of, folded together, 177, 178.
    sheet of, one signature, 177, 178.
    the same, two signatures, 179, 180.
    sheet of, three signatures, 179, 180.
    half-sheet of, without transposition, 181.
    TWENTIES, half-sheet of, with two signatures, 181.
    sheet of, 182.
    TWENTY-FOURS, half-sheet of, 183.
    sheet of, two signatures, 183, 184.
    half-sheet of, sixteen-way, 184.
    half-sheet of, long, 185.
    half-sheet, two signatures, 185.
    half-sheet, without cutting, 186.
    THIRTY-TWOS, half-sheet of, 186.
    sheet of, 187, 188.
    the same, four signatures, 187, 188.
    half-sheet, two signatures, 189.
    half-sheet of, mixed, 189.
    THIRTY-SIXES, half-sheet of, 190.
    the same, without cutting, 190.
    the same, two signatures, 191.
    FORTIES, half-sheet of, 191.
    FORTY-EIGHTS, quarter sheet of, with two signatures, 192.
    the same, without cutting, 193.
    common quarter-sheet of, 194.
    half-sheet of, two signatures, 192.
    the same, three signatures, 193.
    SIXTY-FOURS, quarter sheet, 195.
    the same, two signatures, 194.
    sixty-fours, mixed, 195.
    half-sheet of, 196.
    SEVENTY-TWOS, half-sheet of, 197.
    NINETY-SIXES, half-sheet of, 198.
    ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTS, half-sheet of, 199.

  Imposing stone, illustrated, 308.

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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

Hoe’s web perfecting press, illustrated, 245.

  Hollow quadrates, use of, 77.

  Horn-book, illustration of, xi.

  Humphreys’s History of the Art of Printing, 12.

  Hurried work, how to expedite, 226-228.

  Hyphen, how employed, 64, 65.
    not used by the earliest printers, 15.


  Iceland, early printing office in, 14.

  Imperial and half paper, size of, 298.
    paper, dimensions of, 298.

  Imposing forms, directions for, 141, 142.
    in companionships, rules for, 230, 231.

  Imposing, memoranda concerning, 148, 149.
    abstract title-deeds, 150.
    FOLIO, single sheet, 150.
    two sheets, quired, 151, 152.
    QUARTO, common sheet of, 153, 154.
    scheme for, music books, 153, 154.
    two half-sheets, together, 155, 156.
    half-sheet, broad way, 155, 156.
    OCTAVO, sheet of, 157, 158.
    the broad way, 157, 158.
    half-sheet, 159.
    two half-sheets, together, 159, 160.
    two quarters, together, 160.
    sheet, mixed, 161, 162.
    sheet of Hebrew, 161, 162.
    sheet, from the centre, 163, 164.
    half-sheet, from the centre, 163.
    two quarters, from the centre, 164.
    DUODECIMO, or 12mo, sheet, 165.
    the same, without cutting, 166.
    the same, two signatures, 167.
    half-sheet, 168.
    the same, without cutting, 168.
    the same, from the centre, 169.
    sheet of, from the centre, 170.
    the same, long way, 171, 172.
    one-third of a sheet, 171, 172.
    two half-sheets, together, 173.
    half-sheet, two signatures, 174.
    SIXTEENS, half-sheet of, 174.
    sheet of, 175.
    EIGHTEENS, half-sheet of, 176.
    the same, with two blanks, 176.
    sheet of, folded together, 177, 178.
    sheet of, one signature, 177, 178.
    the same, two signatures, 179, 180.
    sheet of, three signatures, 179, 180.
    half-sheet of, without transposition, 181.
    TWENTIES, half-sheet of, with two signatures, 181.
    sheet of, 182.
    TWENTY-FOURS, half-sheet of, 183.
    sheet of, two signatures, 183, 184.
    half-sheet of, sixteen-way, 184.
    half-sheet of, long, 185.
    half-sheet, two signatures, 185.
    half-sheet, without cutting, 186.
    THIRTY-TWOS, half-sheet of, 186.
    sheet of, 187, 188.
    the same, four signatures, 187, 188.
    half-sheet, two signatures, 189.
    half-sheet of, mixed, 189.
    THIRTY-SIXES, half-sheet of, 190.
    the same, without cutting, 190.
    the same, two signatures, 191.
    FORTIES, half-sheet of, 191.
    FORTY-EIGHTS, quarter sheet of, with two signatures, 192.
    the same, without cutting, 193.
    common quarter-sheet of, 194.
    half-sheet of, two signatures, 192.
    the same, three signatures, 193.
    SIXTY-FOURS, quarter sheet, 195.
    the same, two signatures, 194.
    sixty-fours, mixed, 195.
    half-sheet of, 196.
    SEVENTY-TWOS, half-sheet of, 197.
    NINETY-SIXES, half-sheet of, 198.
    ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTS, half-sheet of, 199.

  Imposing stone, illustrated, 308.

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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