'Monotype' machine-set type will be suitable and can usually be acquired from a local printer or supplies may be had from firms who specialize in provision to the trade of a wide variety of type faces and composing room materials.
At this stage important decisions must be taken. What 'face' or design of types are to be selected; what weights are to be ordered and in what sizes; is roman and italic to be stocked?
It is advisable before selecting type faces to get acquired with a reasonable range. Some proposals which may serve as a guide are to be found on pages 56-65: they will all repay careful study. Type comes in packets, normally wrapped in brown paper bearing on the front its description and size. A packet of type is called a fount and each packet will have all the characters of the alphabet in lower case and capitals, together with an assortment of punctuation marks. Display type that is type which is likely to be used for headlines may have caps and lower case but the capitals are usually more, useful. There are also some display types called 'Titling' that possess no lower case letters.
Titling letters are founts of capitals which can be cast without shoulders as no provision has to be made for lower case ascenders and descenders. These letters are useful for setting successive lines of capitals were fairly close spacing between lines is desired.
Words Used In Above Page:
Monotype: A typesetting machine, now little used, that casts type in metal, one character at a time.
Assortment: A miscellaneous collection of things: "an assortment of clothes".
Titling: Give a name to (a book, composition, or other work): "a song titled "Blue".
Quote of the Day:
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson
At this stage important decisions must be taken. What 'face' or design of types are to be selected; what weights are to be ordered and in what sizes; is roman and italic to be stocked?
It is advisable before selecting type faces to get acquired with a reasonable range. Some proposals which may serve as a guide are to be found on pages 56-65: they will all repay careful study. Type comes in packets, normally wrapped in brown paper bearing on the front its description and size. A packet of type is called a fount and each packet will have all the characters of the alphabet in lower case and capitals, together with an assortment of punctuation marks. Display type that is type which is likely to be used for headlines may have caps and lower case but the capitals are usually more, useful. There are also some display types called 'Titling' that possess no lower case letters.
Titling letters are founts of capitals which can be cast without shoulders as no provision has to be made for lower case ascenders and descenders. These letters are useful for setting successive lines of capitals were fairly close spacing between lines is desired.
Words Used In Above Page:
Monotype: A typesetting machine, now little used, that casts type in metal, one character at a time.
Assortment: A miscellaneous collection of things: "an assortment of clothes".
Titling: Give a name to (a book, composition, or other work): "a song titled "Blue".
Quote of the Day:
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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