A history of the old English letter foundries : with notes, historical and bibliographical, on the rise and progress of English typography. (1887)
Reed, Talbot Baines, 1852-1893 · London : E. Stock · leaf 44
ypes 2, 5, 6, if produced inthe mould^may indicate an early attempt to reduce the size of the jet, which, ifattaching to the entire square of the foot of a type the size of No. 2, would involveboth time and labour in removal. M. Duverger, in his clever essay to theinvention of printing,1 gives an… … 3. Type Mould of Claude Garamond. Paris, 1340. (From Duverger.) a. The body in which the type is cast b, c. The jet, or mouthpiece, in which the fluid metal is poured.d. The type as cast. matrix to the mould, and the absence of a nick, the mould of the first printerdiffered essentially from that of…
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