composing stick
Letterpress assembly tool
A composing stick is a handheld metal tray used in traditional letterpress printing to assemble individual pieces of type into lines.
The compositor picks letters from a type case and arranges them in the stick, which can be adjusted to different line widths.
Once a line is complete, it's transferred to a larger form called a galley.
He set the type letter by letter in his composing stick.
Printing from raised surfaces
- typographyArranging letters for display
- movable typeReconfigurable printing components
- typecaseSectioned box for letters
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
chase · quoin · furniture · reglet · slug · sorts · distribution · type metal
Printing measurement unit
- pointExact location or meaning
- emTypographic measurement unit
- enHalf-em space measure
- measureUnit of quantity
line length · adjustable · calibration · gauge · width · column width · precision · alignment
Printing press inventor's name
- printing pressMechanical text reproduction device
- incunabulaEarliest European printed books
- Aldus ManutiusRenaissance Venetian master printer
- hot metalHeated metallic material
craftsman · journeyman · apprentice · print shop · linotype · monotype · mechanization · obsolescence
Interval arrangement between objects
- leadingGuiding or pacing type
- kerningLetter-pair spacing adjustment
- justificationReason proving rightness
- word spacingDistance between written terms
letter spacing · even spacing · manual dexterity · hand positioning
letterpress
Printing from raised surfaces
- typographyArranging letters for display
- movable typeReconfigurable printing components
- typecaseSectioned box for letters
galley · chase · quoin · furniture · reglet · slug · sorts · distribution · type metal · matrix
pica
Printing measurement unit
measure · line length · adjustable · calibration · gauge · width · column width · precision · alignment · fitting
Gutenberg
Printing press inventor's name
- printing pressMechanical text reproduction device
- incunabulaEarliest European printed books
- Aldus ManutiusRenaissance Venetian master printer
hot metal · craftsman · journeyman · apprentice · print shop · linotype · monotype · mechanization · obsolescence
spacing
Interval arrangement between objects
- leadingGuiding or pacing type
- kerningLetter-pair spacing adjustment
- justificationReason proving rightness
word spacing · letter spacing · even spacing · manual dexterity · hand positioning
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- colonial printingprinting press, print shop, printer, master printer, broadside
- printing historyprinting press, Gutenberg, typographers, Gutenberg press, block printing
- letterpressletterpress, movable type, metal type, galley, chase
- letterpress printingletter blocks, ligatures, spacers, leading, slugs
- typesettingtypesetting, typesetter, leading, font, kerning
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