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WOMEN COMPOSITORS.
LONDON:
THE VICTORIA PRESS, PRAED STREET, W.
OFFICE FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN,
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY.
WOMEN COMPOSITORS:
A GUIDE
TO THE
COMPOSING ROOM.
By H. G. B.
LONDON:
THE VICTORIA PRESS, 117, PRAED STREET, W.
OFFICE FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN,
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY.
1880.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | 7 |
| Outlines of Compositors’ Work Frames—cases—type—composing-stick—rule—galley—chase—galley-press—corrections—imposing—&c., &c. | 9 |
| Appendix I. Numerals—relative sizes of type—leads required toequal a line of any given body of type—table showingwhat number of ems of any other fount will correspondin depth of body with any given number of pica ems,from 10 ems pica to 30—the number of lines containinga thousand ens—accents—signs—points, &c.—metalrules—braces. | 25 |
| Appendix II. Diagrams of Imposition:—sheet of folio, or quartersheet of octavo—sheet of quarto, or half sheet of octavo—sheetof octavo—sheet of twelves—sheet of sixteens. | 29 |
| Appendix III. Illustrations:—upper case—lower case—imposingstone—composing-stick—mallet, shooting-stick, andplaner—chase—galley—frame—galley-press. | 33 |