The practice of typography; a treatise on the processes of type-making, the point system, the names, sizes, styles and prices of plain printing types (1899)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : The Century co. · leaf 26
^^^ ^^ uncommon production of therapidly smaller sizes. The large types, which cool™* ^ slowly, are cast slowly. The degree of heatrequired varies with the size of the body and thehardness of the metal. As a rule the smaller sizesare cast of harder metal and require greater heat. Efforts have… … The Bruce type-casting machine. 24 LHpressio)iS of Cast Type vented a polynuitype mould for eastius^ a fontof extremely small type ; ^ but this mould, althoughoccasionally used by his successors for very smallbodies, has not been adopted by other founders. The types thrown out of the mould are for…
Printing · Typography
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