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Ablegen

(Ger.) Distribute

Agate

Type with a 5 1/2-point body. [cite: Type specimens : ornaments, borders, corners, brass rules, emblems, body type /...

Akzidenzdruck

(Ger.) Job printing

Andruckpresse

(Ger.) Proof press or galley press

Anleger

(Ger.) Feeder

Antiqua

(Ger.) Roman

Aufzugbogen

(Ger.) Tympan sheet

Ausleger

(Ger.) Flyer or layer

Ausschluß

(Ger.) Space

Boekdruk

(Dutch) Letterpress

Boekdrukker

(Dutch) Letterpress printer

Bogen

(Ger.) Sheet

Bourgeois (also 3-line Excelsior)

Type on a 9-point body. [cite: Type specimens : ornaments, borders, corners, brass rules, emblems, body type /...

Bovenkast

Upper-case

Brevier

Type on an 8-point body. [cite: Type specimens : ornaments, borders, corners, brass rules, emblems, body type /...

Brilliant

Type on a 3 1/2-point body. [cite: Type specimens : ornaments, borders, corners, brass rules, emblems, body type /...

Buchdruck

(Ger.) Letterpress

Buchdrucker

(Ger.) Printer

Buchdruckerei

(Ger.) Letterpress shop or printing office

Büttenpapier

(Ger.) Hand made paper

Chase

An iron or steel frame, in which forms are locked, so that they may be held firmly on the bed of the chase. [cite:...

Chassis, la

(Fr.) The chase [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Cheeks

In a wooden hand-press, the main upright posts into which the other heavy pieces were fastened… [cite: American...

Degelpers

(Dutch) Platen press

Diamond

Type on a 4 1/2-point body. [cite: Type specimens : ornaments, borders, corners, brass rules, emblems, body type /...

Dresser

The person who finishes type with vertical kerns. [cite: Practical Typecasting, Rehak, 1993]

Drive

The depth of the character within the matrix; measured from the bearing surface of the matrix to the casting surface of...

Druckpresse

(Ger.) Press or printing press

Druckstock

(Ger.) Block or cut

Durchschusslinie

(Ger.) Lead, reglet or space line

Espace fine

Une espace fine (fem.) is the French term for a fine space, normally espace is mascular, but the typographicel space...

Et-Zeichen

(Ger.) Ampersand

Excelsior

Type on a 3-point body. [cite: Type specimens : ornaments, borders, corners, brass rules, emblems, body type /...

Farbenmesser

(Ger.) Ductor blade

Farbentisch

(Ger.) Ink slab or inking table

Farbenwalze

(Ger.) Ink roller

Farbwerk

(Ger.) Inking unit

Fleuron

Typographical ornament, generally small, sometimes in the shape of a flower, used to mark text openings and other...

Formwalze

(Ger.) Forme roller

Fraktur

(Ger.) Blackletter

Frisket

On a hand press, the thin metal frame, hinged to the tympan, that protects the margins of the paper from becoming...

Fundament

(Ger.) Bed

Galei

Galley

Galvano

(Ger.) Electro type

Geviert

(Ger.) Em (quad)

Grotesk

(Ger.) Sans- serif, grotesque or gothic

Handletter

(Dutch) Foundry type

Handsetzer

(Ger.) Hand compositor or type setter

Handwalze

(Ger.) Hand roller

Holzletter

(Ger.) Wood type

Holzschnitt

(Ger.) Wood-cut

interlinie

leading

Job Font

Standard commercial working font, primarily for proofing and sundry projects. [cite: Practical Typecasting, Rehak...

Klischee

(Ger.) Block or cut

Konkordanz

(Ger.) Quadrat on 4 cicero

Korrektur

(Ger.) Proof

Korrekturpresse

(Ger.) Proof press or galley press

Kursiv

(Ger.) Italic

Lettergieterij

Typefoundry

Letterkast

(Dutch) Typecase

Letterproef

(Dutch) Type specimen

Long Primer

Type on a 10-point body. [cite: Type specimens : ornaments, borders, corners, brass rules, emblems, body type /...

Matrize

(Ger.) Matrix

Minion

Type on a 7-point body. [cite: Type specimens : ornaments, borders, corners, brass rules, emblems, body type /...

Nachdruck

(Ger.) Reprint [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Nick

A groove cast into the body of a type for purposes of identification… [cite: Practical Typecasting, Rehak, 1993]

Nomperiglia

(Ital.) Nonpareil, but slightly larger than ours. [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Non Coupé

(Fr.) Uncut; the leaves not cut open for reading. [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Nonpareil

A small type much used in book and job offices and on newspapers. In size it is between agat and minion, and equals in...

Norm

(Ger.) The signature. [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Numbering Machine

A mechanical appliance for numbering or paging purposes. [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Numéroteur

(Fr.) Numbering Machine [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Octavo

A sheet of paper folded into eight leaves. Commonly speaking, it is restricted to the size obtained by folding sheets...

Offset

That portion of ink which leaves a newly printed sheet and is deposited on another sheet…
In Australia...

Oktav

(Ger.) Octavo. [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Old Pelt

An appellation for an old pressman in bygone days. [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Onderkast

lower-case

Open Matter

A term employed by printers to express fat and well-leaded work. It also stands for work having many blanks. [cite:...

Orla

(Sp.) Border. [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Out of Sorts

When a certain letter has been set out, the case having no more, the compositor is said to be out of sorts. [cite:...

Out of Truth

When a book is not cut square. [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Outsides

The top or bottom sheets of a ream, often damaged and called retree. Prob. from the French retirée, or withdrawn; the...

Pacchettista

(Ital.) A compositor who makes up type into pages. [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Página

(Ital and Sp.) A page. In Italian, however, there is no accent. [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking...

Paginieren

(Ger.) To number pages. To number leaves is called Foliiren.

Palimpsest

also: Codex Rescriptus. – The name given to a parchment or other piece of writing materialfrom which, after it had...

Palmear

(Sp.) To plane (a form). [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Patrize

(Ger.) Punch

Pearl

Type on a 5-point body. [cite: Type specimens : ornaments, borders, corners, brass rules, emblems, body type /...

Perfecting

The act of printing the second side or reiteration of a sheet. [cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking...

Pergament

(Ger.) Parchment.

Pica

Type on a 12-point body. [cite: Type specimens : ornaments, borders, corners, brass rules, emblems, body type /...

Pie

Type broken or indiscriminately mixed. This spelling is used to some extent, but American authority is clear that...

Platine

(Fr.) Platen

Pony Font

A small font used for limited proofing or a collector’s sample. [cite: Practical Typecasting, Rehak, 1993]

Prägepresse

(Ger.) Embossing press

Proefpers

(Dutch) Proof press

Rähmchen

(Ger.) - The Frisket [Cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Rahme

(Ger.) The Chase [Cite: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking (1894)]

Recto

The right side of a leaf, having an odd-numbered page or folio.