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-case_ } _sorts._ 2. _The lower-case_ } The _upper-case sorts_ are _capitals_, _small capitals_, _references_, _dashes_, _braces_, _signs_, etc. The _lower-case sorts_ consist of _small letters_, _figures_, _points_, _spaces_, etc. Type lines are often bulked out by the insertion of thin strips of lead, this being called _leading_. Where no leads are employed the matter is said to be _solid_. III. THE TERMS USED IN PRINTING COMPOSITION. This is the name given by printers to the work of setting the type. The compositor holds in his hand a _composing-stick_, into which he places the type letter by letter, adding the spaces where necessary. A great deal of the newspaper work of the present day is set by type machines. DISTRIBUTING. The type of a particular page or article after it has been used on the press or for electrotyping is distributed letter by letter in the _cases_. This work is much more rapid than composition. Type to be used a second time is said to be _standing_ or is called _standing matter_. SPACES. Spaces are short blank types and are used to separate one word from another. To enable a compositor to space evenly and to "justify" properly, these spaces are cast to various thicknesses. An _em quadrat_ is a short blank type, in thickness equal to the letter _m_ of the font to which it belongs. Quadrats are of various sizes. CALENDERED PAPER. This name is given to very highly rolled or glazed paper such as is used in illustrated work. _Laid_ paper has a slightly ribbed surface. _Antique_ paper is rough and usually untrimmed at the edges. It is made in imitation of old styles. CAPS. and LOWER-CASE. These names are used to designate capitals and small letters. CLARENDON. This name is commonly given to a _bold_ and _black-faced type_, such as used in text-books to bring out prominently particular words. DUMMY. An imitation in style and size of a book or pamphlet that is wanted, usually made up with blank paper. ELECTROTYPE. Electrotype or stereotype plates are made from type. Books are usually printed from such plates. GALLEY PROOF. As the type is set up it is removed from the composing-stick to long forms called _galleys_. A proof taken of the whole galley at once is called a _galley proof_. Book work should be revised in galleys before it is made up into pages. IMPRESSION. A _flat-pull_ or first impression is a simple proof usually pulled in job offices by laying a sheet o
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