Transcriber’s Notes
Reading edition
Page 5: Leads and Slugs 20 changed to Leads and Slugs 21
Page 8: Setting the Composing Stick 21 changed to Setting the Composing Stick 22
Page 21: (nonpareil), 12-point (pica), and 18 point changed to (nonpareil), 12-point (pica), and 18-point
Page 24: If the the gage line is changed to If the gage line is
Page 31: It oftens happens that the changed to It often happens that the
Page 44: between word endings like ——e w——, y a—— changed to between word endings like ——e w——, ——y a——
Page 47: at the begining may not need changed to at the beginning may not need
Page 53: being shorter than the preceeding changed to being shorter than the preceding
Page 58: or a side heading at the begining changed to or a side heading at the beginning
Page 59: see other title of this series changed to see other titles of this series
Page 91: or the compositor, is out of sorts, See Sorts. changed to or the compositor, is out of sorts. See Sort.
Page 92: Roman type changed to Roman Type
Page iii: 15. Electrotyping and Stereotyping changed to 15. Electrotyping and Sterotyping
Page v: Illustrations; review questions, glossary; bibliography. changed to Illustrations; review questions; glossary; bibliography.
The order of Glossary entries has been retained as they appear in the original publication, the following out of alphabetical order:
Cast Up (Page 86) Extract (Page 88) Hair Line (Page 88) High-to-line (Page 89) Lay of the Case (Page 90) Logotype (Page 90) Mutton Fist (Page 91) Pi (Page 91) Pica (Page 91) Planer (Page 92) Turned Commas (Page 93)
The following words were inconsistently hyphenated, and appear here as in the original:
old-style/oldstyle re-spacing/respacing side-stick/sidestick