Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: the third signature of the printer's alphabet. AGGER.?A mark of reference used for footnotes, thus f Damper.?A door placed in the flue from the furnace to the upright shaft to regulate the draught. Dances.?An old expression applied when the spaces or quadrats rise in printing. Dandy.?The wire frame or mould on which paper is made. Dash.?A mark used in punctuation, thus ? technically called metal rule. Dead languages.?The classical languages, which are not now generally spoken. Decimo-sexto.?The bibliographical term for sixteenmo? written shortly, 16mo. Deckle.?The raw, rough edge of paper in hand-mades is thus termed. Dele.?To omit or expunge, indicated thus S It is derived from the Latin. Demy.?A size of printing paper, 22i X 17 inches; writing paper, 20 x 15-f- inches. Descending letters.?These are all those letters with down strokes, thus?p q y, etc. Devil, printer's.?An odd lad for errands and other jobs? sometimes the junior apprentice is thus called. Dextrine.?A cheap substitute for gum. Diaeresis.?An accent mark over letters, thus?a e i' 6 ii Diamond.?The type one size larger than Gem, and one size smaller than Pearl?equal to half a Bourgeois in body. Dictionary matter.?A class of composition which has a special price. Die stamping.?The art of stamping in relief, as used for note paper or envelopes. Direction.?The corner word in the white line to indicate the first word on next page. See " Catchword." Direction line.?The bottom line in a page containing the catchword. Dirty proof.?A proof-sheet with many corrections due to careless composition. Display work.?Type displayed, such as titles, headings, and jobbing work, is thus termed to distinguish it from ordinary solid composition. Distribut...

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