Composition of text by means of type, whether metal, photographic, or digital

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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.

How to plan print / by John Charles Tarr.

Petite notice sur la composition des tableaux et la compositions des accolades. A l'usage des élèves compositeurs de 2e, de 3e et de 4e année / [V Breton].

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Typesetting

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Images about Typesetting

Works from the collections

Type punches, tweezers etc. (top), with specimens of roman and italic fonts (below). Engraving by Aubin after himself, Defehrt dirext.

Printers working at a printing press, and setting type. Woodcut by J. Amman.

How to plan print / by John Charles Tarr.

Printing: men working at a printing press, proofing copy, inking, and setting type. Wood engraving after a woodcut.

Petite notice sur la composition des tableaux et la compositions des accolades. A l'usage des élèves compositeurs de 2e, de 3e et de 4e année / [V Breton].

Typesetting

Images from the collections

Images about Typesetting

Works from the collections

Type punches, tweezers etc. (top), with specimens of roman and italic fonts (below). Engraving by Aubin after himself, Defehrt dirext.

Printers working at a printing press, and setting type. Woodcut by J. Amman.

How to plan print / by John Charles Tarr.

Printing: men working at a printing press, proofing copy, inking, and setting type. Wood engraving after a woodcut.

Petite notice sur la composition des tableaux et la compositions des accolades. A l'usage des élèves compositeurs de 2e, de 3e et de 4e année / [V Breton].

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