Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...The height-to-paper of French type is 23 50 mm. and is 23-545 mm. for very fat black faces. The height of quads and spaces is from 19-18 mm. to 19-50 mm. The height of rules and furniture is about the same, the minimum being 18. 05 mm. The supplementary nick, used for distinguishing the small capitals o 8 v w x z and i in old style, is also employed in France. There are certain differences between some of the characters as usually cut in France and those cut in England; for example, the Cap. C has " cats-ears " at top and bottom (0 ) while in England they occur at the top only; also a French fount comprises a sign for invertod commas « le guillemot » not used in England. The triple logotypes £B and S are now scarcely ever used (see Appendix III on Logotypes). The English point is 0-35145 min. The following short vocabulary gives the names of the principal parts or dimensions of type, see Figs. 1 and 2 (page 1032). The nick in French typo is placed at the back instead of in front as in the English founts. The bill of fount for French type gives very different proportions to those of the English bill. The bill shown in the following Table (based on that of M. Eignoux) will probably be found useful. It is not usual to include italic unless specified; when italic is supplied it is usually in the ratio to roman of about 1 to 6. The author has taken 15 per cent. The quantities, for a fount of roman only, can be obtained by summing those given for roman and italic. The superiors are used for abbreviations, such as Msr = Monseigneur, Cie = Compagnie, N" = Numeros, etc. It is the custom of the trade to supply only E £ E in capitals, small capitals, and italic capitals, but in this bill the author has included the other accented cap...
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