A History of the Old English Letter Foundries: With Notes, Historical and Bibliographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography |
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... fount of movable types , which , even if the metal in which they were cast were only soft lead or pewter , might yet do duty in more than one forme , under a rough press , roughly handled . On the xylographic block , moreover , only one ...
... fount of movable types , which , even if the metal in which they were cast were only soft lead or pewter , might yet do duty in more than one forme , under a rough press , roughly handled . On the xylographic block , moreover , only one ...
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... fount was cast . The press appears to have crushed the truant types down into the letters on which it lay , and , unimpeded by the obstacle , to have taken as good an impression of the remainder of the forme as if that obstacle had ...
... fount was cast . The press appears to have crushed the truant types down into the letters on which it lay , and , unimpeded by the obstacle , to have taken as good an impression of the remainder of the forme as if that obstacle had ...
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... fount wateral . The pronti appears to have crushed the truant types down into the Tema on which it lay , and , unimpeded by the obstacle , to have taken as good an impecamion of the remainder of the forme as if that obstacle had never ...
... fount wateral . The pronti appears to have crushed the truant types down into the Tema on which it lay , and , unimpeded by the obstacle , to have taken as good an impecamion of the remainder of the forme as if that obstacle had never ...
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... fount ” of type in these days consisted not only of the ordinary letters of the alphabet , but of a very large number of double letters , abbreviations and contractions , which must have seriously complicated the labour of composition ...
... fount ” of type in these days consisted not only of the ordinary letters of the alphabet , but of a very large number of double letters , abbreviations and contractions , which must have seriously complicated the labour of composition ...
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... fount , ' the highest number of types of any one particular sort necessary to print a single page would be ninety - one . The average number of the eleven chief letters specified above would be about fortyfour , while if we take into ...
... fount , ' the highest number of types of any one particular sort necessary to print a single page would be ninety - one . The average number of the eleven chief letters specified above would be about fortyfour , while if we take into ...
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