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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



Low case. When the compositor has set 

 almost all the letters out of his case. 



Lower case. The case containing the small 

 letters of the alphabet, figures, points, etc. 



Low line. Applied to a type that ranges 

 lower than the rest in a line. 



Mackle. When part of the impression ap- 

 pears double. / 



Make-up. To arrange the lines of matter 

 into pages. 



Make-up rule. A steel rule with a projec- 

 tion on the top, for making up matter. 



Making margin. In imposition, arranging 

 the space between the pages of a form so that 

 the margin will be properly proportioned. 



Making ready. Preparing a form on the 

 press for printing. 



Mallet. A wooden hammer. 



Matter. Composed type. 



Measure. The width of a page. 



Monk. A black spot in a printed sheet, 

 owing to the ink not being properly distrib- 

 uted. 



Naked form. A form without furniture. 



Nicks. Hollows cast in front of the lower 

 part of the shank of a type, to show the com- 

 positor how to place it in his stick. e 



Octavo or 8vo. Eight pages to a form. 



Octodecimo or 18mo. Eighteen pages to a 

 form. 



Odd page or folio. The first, third, and all 

 uneven numbered pages. 



Off. Signifies that the pressman has 

 worked off the form. 



Offcut. A portion of a sheet that is cut off 

 before folding. 



Off. its feet. When matter does not stand 

 upright. 



Open mailer. Matter widely leaded or con- 

 taining numerous break lines. 



Out . An omission marked in a proof by the 

 reader. 



Out of register. When the pages do not 

 back each other. 



Overlay. A scrap of paper pasted on the 

 tympan-sheet to bring up the impression. 



Overrunning. Carrying words backward or 

 forward in correcting. 



Page-cord. Twine used for tying up pages. 



Passing the make-up. Passing to the next 

 hand in order the lines remaining (if any) 

 after a compositor has made up his matter, to- 

 gether with the gauge and proper folio. 



Peel. A broad, thin board with a long 

 handle. 



Perfecting. Printing the second form of a 

 sheet. 



Perforating rule. Brass or steel rule, some- 

 what higher than type. 



Pi. Type promiscuously intermingled. 



Pick. A particle of ink or paper imbedded 

 in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face and 

 occasioning a spot. 



Pig*. An ancient nickname given in deri- 

 sion by compositors to pressmen. The press 

 room was called a pigsty. 



Planer. A smooth block of wood used for 

 leveling the surface of pages of type when 

 imposed. 



Planing down. To bringdown types evenly 

 on their feet, by laying a planer on a page and 

 striking it firmly with a mallet. 



Platen. The part of a printing press which, 

 acted upon by the lever, gives the impression 

 to a sheet. 



Point-holes. Fine holes made by the points 

 to register the second impression by. 



Points. Two thin pieces of steel with a 

 point at one end, adjusted to the tympan with 

 screws, to make register. 



Quadrate. A low square blank type, used 

 to indent the first line of a paragraph, and to 

 fill up blank spaces. 



Quarters. Octavos and twelves are said to 

 be imposed in quarters, not from their equal 

 divisions, but because they are imposed and 

 locked up in four parts. 



Quarto, or 4to. Four pages to a form. 



Quire. Twenty-four sheets of paper. 



Quoins. Small wedges for locking up a form. 



Quotation, furniture . Quotations cast of vari- 

 ous sizes in length and width, used for blank- 

 ing and as furniture. 



Quotations. Large hollowed quadrates. 



Rack. Receptacle for cases. 



Ratchet. An instrument for turning the 

 screws of stereotype blocks. 



Ratting. Working at less than established 

 prices. 



Ream. Twenty quires of paper. 



Recto. Right hand page. 



References. Letters or characters serving to 

 direct the reader's attention to notes at the 

 foot of the page. 



Register. To cause the pages in a sheet to 

 print precisely back to back. 



Register sheet. The sheet used to make reg- 

 ister. 



Reglet. Thin furniture, of an equal thick- 

 ness all its length. It is made to match the 

 depth of type. 



Reiteration. The form printed on the second 

 side. 



Revise. The last proof of a form before 

 working it off. 



Riding. One color falling on another. Type 

 at the end of a line catching against a lead. 



Rise. A form is said to rise when, in rais- 

 ing it from the correcting stone, no letters 

 drop out. 



