The school printshop . Fig. 1. Showing the various parts of a piece of type 1. Neck or beard 2. Hair line 3. Pin-mark 4. Nick 5. Serif 6. Counter 7. Shoulder 8. Stem 9. Groove10. Feet 4 THE SCHOOL PRINTSHOP pin in the mold during casting and is used forthe purpose of designating the foundry at whichit was cast. The standard height of type in this country inch. Type of this measurement from faceto feet is type-high. Type cast higher or loweris high-to-paper or low-to-paper. Type is uniform in height, but varies in depthand width. The body measurement of a pieceof type is the depth of th
The school printshop . Fig. 1. Showing the various parts of a piece of type 1. Neck or beard 2. Hair line 3. Pin-mark 4. Nick 5. Serif 6. Counter 7. Shoulder 8. Stem 9. Groove10. Feet 4 THE SCHOOL PRINTSHOP pin in the mold during casting and is used forthe purpose of designating the foundry at whichit was cast. The standard height of type in this country inch. Type of this measurement from faceto feet is type-high. Type cast higher or loweris high-to-paper or low-to-paper. Type is uniform in height, but varies in depthand width. The body measurement of a pieceof type is the depth of the end of the metal onwhich the type face appears. It includes not. Fig. 2. Method of measuring a piece of type on a pica rule only that part of the type which makes theimpression, but also the open spaces at the topand bottom of the letter (Fig. 2). The width of the letters in a font varies from thewide m to the narrow i. The fonts themselves A DESCRIPTION OF TYPE 5 vary from expanded, which magnifies the width,to condensed, which minimizes it. The posi-tion of the letter on the body of the type also affectsits width. Only full-bodied letters occupy theentire body of the type. The ascending lettersoccupy the upper three-fourths of the body, thedescending letters the lower three-fourths, whileshort letters like a and e occupy about one-halfof the body and are set in the middle part. Eachletter needs space about it to make it legible, andthis surrounding space should be uniform. Ifthis space is small, the letters are near togetherand the type is consequently said to be close-fitted; on the other hand, if the space is wide,the type is wide-fitted. Forme
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