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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

+---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------+
  | NAMES.              | NO. 1.             | NO. 2.            |NUMER.|
  |                     |                    |                   |VALUE.|
  +---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------+
  | ‎א‎          Aleph    | Sounded _a_ in     | A gentle aspirate |  1   |
  |                     | _war_ (_vowel_)    |                   |      |
  | ‎ב‎          Beth     | ...                | _Bh_              |  2   |
  | ‎ג‎          Gimel    | _g_ hard           | _Gh_              |  3   |
  | ‎ד‎          Daleth   | ...                | _Dh_              |  4   |
  | ‎ח‎          He       | _a_ in hate        | A rough aspirate  |  5   |
  |                     |  (_vow._)          |                   |      |
  | ‎ו‎          Vau      | _u_ _vowel_, or    | ...               |  6   |
  |                     |  before a vowel,   |                   |      |
  |                     |  _w_               |                   |      |
  | ‎ז‎          Zain     | ...                | _Ds_              |  7   |
  | ‎ה‎          Cheth    | ...                | _Hh_              |  8   |
  | ‎ט‎          Teth     | _Th_               | ...               |  9   |
  | ‎י‎         Jod       | Like _ee_ in       | _j_ consonant, or | 10   |
  |                     |  English (_vowel_) |  the softer _y_   |      |
  | ‎כ‎ ‎ך‎ final Caph      | _k_ or _c_ hard    | ...               | 20   |
  | ‎ל‎          Lamed    | ...                | ...               | 30   |
  | ‎מ‎ ‎ם‎ final Mem       | ...                | ...               | 40   |
  | ‎נ‎ ‎ן‎ final Nun       | ...                | ...               | 50    |
  | ‎ס‎          Samech   | ...                | Soft _s_          | 60   |
  | ‎ע‎          Ain      | _o_ long (_vowel_) | _hg_, or _hgh_,   | 70   |
  |                     |                    |  the roughest     |      |
  |                     |                    |  aspirate         |      |
  | ‎פ‎ ‎ף‎ final Phe       | ...                | ...               | 80   |
  | ‎צ‎ ‎ץ‎ final Tzaddi    | _j_ soft           | ...               | 90   |
  | ‎ק‎          Koph     | _k_ or _qu_        | ...               |100   |
  | ‎ר‎          Resch    | ...                | ...               |200   |
  | ‎ש‎          Shin     | ...                | _s_ hard          |300   |
  |             or Sin  |                    |                   |      |
  | ‎ת‎          Thau     | ...                | ...               |400   |
  +---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------+


LETTERS THAT HAVE A LIKENESS TO OTHERS.

  Beth    ‎ב‎
  Caph    ‎כ‎

  Daleth  ‎ד‎
  Caph    ‎ך‎
  Resch   ‎ר‎

  Vau     ‎ו‎
  Zain    ‎ז‎
  Jod     ‎י‎
  Nun     ‎ן‎

  Mem     ‎ם‎
  Samech  ‎ס‎

  Gimel   ‎ג‎
  Nun     ‎נ‎

  He      ‎ה‎
  Cheth   ‎ח‎
  Thau    ‎ת‎

  Teth    ‎ט‎
  Mem     ‎מ‎

  Ain     ‎ע‎
  Tzaddi  ‎צ‎

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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

+---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------+
  | NAMES.              | NO. 1.             | NO. 2.            |NUMER.|
  |                     |                    |                   |VALUE.|
  +---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------+
  | ‎א‎          Aleph    | Sounded _a_ in     | A gentle aspirate |  1   |
  |                     | _war_ (_vowel_)    |                   |      |
  | ‎ב‎          Beth     | ...                | _Bh_              |  2   |
  | ‎ג‎          Gimel    | _g_ hard           | _Gh_              |  3   |
  | ‎ד‎          Daleth   | ...                | _Dh_              |  4   |
  | ‎ח‎          He       | _a_ in hate        | A rough aspirate  |  5   |
  |                     |  (_vow._)          |                   |      |
  | ‎ו‎          Vau      | _u_ _vowel_, or    | ...               |  6   |
  |                     |  before a vowel,   |                   |      |
  |                     |  _w_               |                   |      |
  | ‎ז‎          Zain     | ...                | _Ds_              |  7   |
  | ‎ה‎          Cheth    | ...                | _Hh_              |  8   |
  | ‎ט‎          Teth     | _Th_               | ...               |  9   |
  | ‎י‎         Jod       | Like _ee_ in       | _j_ consonant, or | 10   |
  |                     |  English (_vowel_) |  the softer _y_   |      |
  | ‎כ‎ ‎ך‎ final Caph      | _k_ or _c_ hard    | ...               | 20   |
  | ‎ל‎          Lamed    | ...                | ...               | 30   |
  | ‎מ‎ ‎ם‎ final Mem       | ...                | ...               | 40   |
  | ‎נ‎ ‎ן‎ final Nun       | ...                | ...               | 50    |
  | ‎ס‎          Samech   | ...                | Soft _s_          | 60   |
  | ‎ע‎          Ain      | _o_ long (_vowel_) | _hg_, or _hgh_,   | 70   |
  |                     |                    |  the roughest     |      |
  |                     |                    |  aspirate         |      |
  | ‎פ‎ ‎ף‎ final Phe       | ...                | ...               | 80   |
  | ‎צ‎ ‎ץ‎ final Tzaddi    | _j_ soft           | ...               | 90   |
  | ‎ק‎          Koph     | _k_ or _qu_        | ...               |100   |
  | ‎ר‎          Resch    | ...                | ...               |200   |
  | ‎ש‎          Shin     | ...                | _s_ hard          |300   |
  |             or Sin  |                    |                   |      |
  | ‎ת‎          Thau     | ...                | ...               |400   |
  +---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------+


LETTERS THAT HAVE A LIKENESS TO OTHERS.

  Beth    ‎ב‎
  Caph    ‎כ‎

  Daleth  ‎ד‎
  Caph    ‎ך‎
  Resch   ‎ר‎

  Vau     ‎ו‎
  Zain    ‎ז‎
  Jod     ‎י‎
  Nun     ‎ן‎

  Mem     ‎ם‎
  Samech  ‎ס‎

  Gimel   ‎ג‎
  Nun     ‎נ‎

  He      ‎ה‎
  Cheth   ‎ח‎
  Thau    ‎ת‎

  Teth    ‎ט‎
  Mem     ‎מ‎

  Ain     ‎ע‎
  Tzaddi  ‎צ‎

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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