{"product_id":"the-printers-grammar-paperback-9781108073431","title":"The Printer's Grammar (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108073431","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Printer's Grammar\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1755 work describes the typesetting of books, from the formation of type to imposing and correcting.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108073431, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.9 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe author of this 1755 work is unknown - John Smith may not even have been his real name - but internal evidence from the book suggests that he may have spent some time in northern Germany, and he also shows familiarity with aspects of French printing. Smith describes the typesetting of books but not the actual printing, so it is possible that he may have been a compositor or a printer's reader. The work is a comprehensive survey of all aspects of typecasting and composition, dealing with the formation of type, regular- and irregular-bodied letters, accents, kerning, upper and lower case, spacing, rules, braces and fleurons, and non-Roman fonts including Greek, Hebrew, black-letter, Old English, and Chinese, as well as mathematical and astronomical symbols and music. There are also sections on casting off copy, composing, imposing and correcting, giving a fascinating account of the eighteenth-century compositor's craft.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTo the reader\u003cbr\u003e 1. Of roman, italic, and black letter printing\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the different bodies and sizes of printing letter\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of a fount of a letter, considered in the same order as with letter-founders\u003cbr\u003e 4. Of a complete fount of letter, considered as with printers\u003cbr\u003e 5. Of the appurtenances to founts of letter\u003cbr\u003e 6. Of the names of letter, and the bearings to each other\u003cbr\u003e 7. Of abridging, or shortening of words, in Latin\u003cbr\u003e 8. Of distributing, and laying of cases\u003cbr\u003e 9. Of composing\u003cbr\u003e 10. Of imposing\u003cbr\u003e 11. Of correctors, and correcting\u003cbr\u003e 12. Observations upon Greek, and Hebrew\u003cbr\u003e 13. Of sundry alphabets, signs, symbols, and characters.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266182926616,"sku":"9781108073431","price":27.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108073431i_febe6dbc-7a49-4eaf-98cf-41a78d3c0b7d.jpg?v=1696751460","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-printers-grammar-paperback-9781108073431","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}