Gaskell 1972: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
#trial prints (''proofs'') made from formes; compared with copy; errors marked by ''corrector'' (possibly author), marked proofs used by compositor to correct type | #trial prints (''proofs'') made from formes; compared with copy; errors marked by ''corrector'' (possibly author), marked proofs used by compositor to correct type | ||
#formes placed on printing press | #formes placed on printing press | ||
:wooden frame; screw, workedc by hand, to force the platen down onto the type; movable carriage for type and paper to run under platen | |||
:worked by two pressman | |||
=== Printing Type === | === Printing Type === | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 4 June 2010
Book Production: The Hand-press Period 1500-1800
The Hand-printed Book
- compositor: type --> composing stick (several lines) --> galley (whole page); tie with string, move to the next
- imposition: arrange many pages of type for one sheet --> fix in a pair of iron frames (chases), one for each side --> locked together, two chases of type create a forme
- trial prints (proofs) made from formes; compared with copy; errors marked by corrector (possibly author), marked proofs used by compositor to correct type
- formes placed on printing press
- wooden frame; screw, workedc by hand, to force the platen down onto the type; movable carriage for type and paper to run under platen
- worked by two pressman