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Typesetting

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  • Men working at a printing press, proofing copy, inking, and setting type. Wood engraving. 18--, after Stradanus, ca.1580.
  • Typesetters at work, putting type into composing-sticks (above), type, spaces, a composing-stick, and a forme (below). Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Type punches, tweezers etc. (top), with specimens of roman and italic fonts (below). Engraving by Aubin after himself, Defehrt dirext.
  • Printing: men working at a printing press, proofing copy, inking, and setting type. Wood engraving after a woodcut.
  • Printers working at a printing press, and setting type. Woodcut by J. Amman.
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    Type punches, tweezers etc. (top), with specimens of roman and italic fonts (below). Engraving by Aubin after himself, Defehrt dirext.

    Saint-Aubin, Augustin, 1736-1807. | Reference: 40511i
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    Printers working at a printing press, and setting type. Woodcut by J. Amman.

    Amman, Jost, 1539-1591. | Date: [1568] | Reference: 34964i
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    How to plan print / by John Charles Tarr.

    Tarr, John Charles. | Date: 1949
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    How to plan print / by John Charles Tarr.

    Tarr, John Charles. | Date: 1946
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    Printing: men working at a printing press, proofing copy, inking, and setting type. Wood engraving after a woodcut.

    | Reference: 46150i
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