Printing : a practical treatise on the art of typography as applied more particularly to the printing of books (1904)
Jacobi, Charles Thomas · London : G. Bell & Sons · leaf 147
of type aud the quantity to be in 11!) 120 PRINTING circulation. Wood-type, used for broadside aud similarwork, should be kept ou trays or special shelves for thepurpose—the plan shown here, fig. 89, is a convenient one.To Preserve Wood-Letter and Cuts.—To prevent warpingin blocks aud wood-letter… … FlG. 89. TRAYS FOR WOOD-LETTEK. with a clean, dry rag. Prepared in this way, when new,wood-letter is said to resist the effects of lye, petroleum,turpentine, and atmospheric changes if not very extreme.Care should be exercised that wood-letter is not allowed tobecome too wet in cleaning, but dried…
