A dictionary of typography and its accessory arts. Presented to the subscribers of the "Printers' register," 1870-1871 (1871)
Southward, John, 1840-1902 · London : Powell · leaf 72
flat strokes of a straight letter. Stereo.—The usual abbreviation for Stereotype, Stereotype.—Types cast in one piece, forming plates, aboutone-eighth of an inch in thickness. Stereotype Printing.—Printing from metal plates insteadof separate letters.—See Stereotyping. Stereotyper.—A man who… … sizes are fractional parts of the large block, so as to enableworkman to make them up to suit the dimensions of certainplates. The plates are fastened to the blocks by meancatches.—See MOUNTING Bie Stereotyping.—The art of taking casts or stereotype ifrom types, woodcuts, &c. The two principal…
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