Type;a primer of information about the mechanical features of printing types: their sizes, font schemes, &c., with a brief description of their manufacture, (1914)
Stewart, A. A. (Alexander A.) · [Boston] Pub. by the Committee on apprentices, United typothetae and Franklin clubs of America · leaf 30
THE LINOTYPE 24 nels for use again. The brass matrices have the characters of the alphabet, figures, points, etc., sunk into their edges; these are held in a magazine, which is an arrangement of channels in an inclined position above a keyboard. By the pressing of a key the required matrix is… … Four-Magazine Linotype Machine ure. The line justified, a plunger in the metal-pot forces a quantity of metal into the mold and against the lines of matrices, forming a slug with the letters in relief on one edge. After the cast is made, a turn of the mold-wheel and other mechanism shaves off the…
Type and type-founding -- United States -- Specimens
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