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. — 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.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.
MacKellar, Thomas
Graphic design (Typography); Printing -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Printing industry -- United States
a 8500
b 1600
c 3000
d 4400
e 12000
f 2500
g 1700
h 6400
i 8000
j 400
k 800
l 4000
m 3000
n 8000
o 8000
p 1700
q 500
r 6200
s 8000
t 9000
u 3400
v 1200
w 2000
x 400
y 2000
z 200
& 200
ff 400
fi 500
fl 200
ffl 100
ffi 150
æ 100
œ 60
— 150
⸺ 90
⸻ 60
, 4500
; 800
: 600
. 2000
- 1000
? 200
! 150
’ 700
( 300
[ 150
* 100
† 100
‡ 100
§ 100
∥ 100
¶ 60
1 1300
2 1200
3 1100
4 1000
5 1000
6 1000
7 1000
8 1000
9 1000
0 1300
é 200
à 200
â 200
ê 200
All other
accents,
each. 100
A 600
B 400
C 500
D 500
E 600
F 400
G 400
H 400
I 800
J 300
K 300
L 500
M 400
N 400
O 400
P 400
Q 180
R 400
S 500
T 650
U 300
V 300
W 400
X 180
Y 300
Z 80
Æ 40
Œ 30
(Transcriber’s Note: the following were printed as small capitals.)
A 300
B 200
C 250
D 250
E 300
F 200
G 200
H 200
I 400
J 150
K 150
L 250
M 200
N 200
O 200
P 200
Q 90
R 200
S 250
T 326
U 150
V 150
W 200
X 90
Y 150
Z 40
Æ 20
Œ 15
_Spaces._
Thick 18000
Middle 12000
Thin 8000
Hair 3000
Em Quads 2500
En Quads 5000
Large Quadrates, about 80 lbs.
_Italic, one-tenth of Roman._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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