R & A specimens . rocess is hereperformed, and the various single letters, under the guiding fingersof skilled compositors, group themselves into words, lines, pages, vol-umes. From these pages books may be printed directly, or fac-simileplates cast to be used again and again without the preliminary laborand expense of : setting up. Referring to the engraving, rangeddown the sides of the room we see rows of stands containing themultitudinous sizes and varieties of book type requisite to this de-partment. In the open space are the Imposing Stones, on which matter is imposed, proofs are taken, e
R & A specimens . rocess is hereperformed, and the various single letters, under the guiding fingersof skilled compositors, group themselves into words, lines, pages, vol-umes. From these pages books may be printed directly, or fac-simileplates cast to be used again and again without the preliminary laborand expense of : setting up. Referring to the engraving, rangeddown the sides of the room we see rows of stands containing themultitudinous sizes and varieties of book type requisite to this de-partment. In the open space are the Imposing Stones, on which matter is imposed, proofs are taken, errors corrected, and the form finally made ready for the press. These rooms accommo-date some fifty compositors, and possess materials and facilities forletter-press, electrotype, and stereotype composition that we feel as-sured are unsurpassed in extent and completeness ; and we wouldcall the attention of Publishers and Authors to the specimens of thedifferent sizes and faces of book type used in this Job Composition Mount. © J]@fe ©©pwtcrosnit*, The specimens of type presentedin the following pages of this book, numerous anddiverse as they are, convey but an inadequate concep-tion of the vast quantity and assortment daily in usein this department, and we are constantly increasingthe variety and amount as new designs make their ap-pearance from the founderies. The field is not limitedby diamond and pica, but only by the ingenuityof man. The internal arrangement of the room we are inspectingis similar to that of the Book Composition Room; but the labor per-formed in it requires quite a different order of talent, and to be afirst-class Job Compositor is a high attainment in the art. Whether wehave any in our employ who have gained that eminence is for othersto decide; and to assist in that decision we present our plea,,— thisvolume, with its specimens of type and of printing, and respectfullysolicit for it an impartial examination.
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