SMC228H1 Lecture Notes - Movable Type, Composing Stick, Frisket
3 Dec 2012
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Characterized by the use of the common press (made of wood) All of the moveable type was set by hand. Binding also differentiates the two periods (before and after 1800 ) Before 1800, binding was not done in the printing shop. Typesetting (done with the assistance of the machine) Movement away from the wood to steel and iron hand-presses. The life of a text in the hand-press period. Often smaller print shops would only have a limited supply of one or. Large operations would have a wide selection of typefaces and sizes. Wooden furniture and quoins (pieces that wedge the type into place; wood spacing material set around a text block to lock it into a chase) Chases (frame that you put your type into before it goes onto the press; a frame in which pages of type are arranged and locked up for printing) Galley trays (holding pen for your type as you"re setting it up)
