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... letters ( hence called " lower - case " All type must be of exactly the same height , so letters ) , spaces , figures , and marks of punctuation . that each one may show in printing . The height The upper case holds capitals , small ...
... letters ( hence called " lower - case " All type must be of exactly the same height , so letters ) , spaces , figures , and marks of punctuation . that each one may show in printing . The height The upper case holds capitals , small ...
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... letter as he picks it up , but spective boxes , the letters of which the words are assumes that each type will be found in its proper composed , until the line is nearly full . Each print - box . When his stick is full , he proceeds to ...
... letter as he picks it up , but spective boxes , the letters of which the words are assumes that each type will be found in its proper composed , until the line is nearly full . Each print - box . When his stick is full , he proceeds to ...
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... letters as he can conveniently hold between the balls of the thumb and forefinger of the right hand , and holds them for an instant before his eye while he reads them ; then the hand , with these types in it , hovers over the lower case ...
... letters as he can conveniently hold between the balls of the thumb and forefinger of the right hand , and holds them for an instant before his eye while he reads them ; then the hand , with these types in it , hovers over the lower case ...
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... letters are thinner . A " thousand " is not 1000 let - tive pole , the negative pole being attached to a ters , but the space occupied by 1000 of the letter m , plate of copper . In an instant a thin film of cop- and will have about ...
... letters are thinner . A " thousand " is not 1000 let - tive pole , the negative pole being attached to a ters , but the space occupied by 1000 of the letter m , plate of copper . In an instant a thin film of cop- and will have about ...
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... letters of the alphabet are used , sometimes the numerals . Thus an A or 1 denotes that this is the first page of the first regular sheet ; B or 2 that it is the first of the second sheet , and so on . The in- set of a duodecimo has the ...
... letters of the alphabet are used , sometimes the numerals . Thus an A or 1 denotes that this is the first page of the first regular sheet ; B or 2 that it is the first of the second sheet , and so on . The in- set of a duodecimo has the ...
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