Project Gutenberg 2011-06-10 Public domain in the USA. 196 Stewart, A. A. (Alexander A.) Stewart, Alexander A. Type: A Primer of Information About the Mechanical Features of Printing Types Their Sizes, Font Schemes, &c. with a Brief Description of Their Manufacture Typographic technical series for apprentices, pt. I, no. 1 Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Type: A Primer of Information About the Mechanical Features of Printing Types" by A. A. Stewart is an educational publication focused on the technical aspects of printing types, published in the early 20th century. This primer serves as a foundational text for apprentices and students involved in the craft of typography, detailing various mechanical features like type sizes, font schemes, and the manufacturing process of printing types. The book begins by explaining the importance of understanding the physical components of printing types for printers, emphasizing their role in effective typesetting. Each chapter addresses different topics from the characteristics of various types and how they are classified to the specific processes involved in their manufacturing. The text also provides insights into the practical aspects of composing with types, including the standardization brought by the point system, and discusses the functionality of tools such as the Linotype and Monotype machines. Overall, the work is designed to equip newcomers to the printing trade with essential knowledge about the tools and techniques that underpin typography. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36372/36372-h/images/title.png Reading ease score: 62.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Type and type-founding Z Text Category: Engineering & Technology Category: How To ... 170218 2025-09-14T16:17:22.395666 text/html 153145 2021-01-07T19:43:09 text/html 1566584 2025-09-14T16:17:36.586588 application/epub+zip 1557320 2025-09-14T16:17:28.577617 application/epub+zip 122842 2025-09-14T16:17:24.695657 application/epub+zip 2724476 2025-09-14T16:17:40.456620 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2694366 2025-09-14T16:17:32.720601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 192978 2022-09-16T15:06:26.579046 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 106487 2025-09-14T16:17:21.491654 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 106074 2021-01-07T19:43:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 106107 2021-01-07T19:43:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19929 2025-09-14T16:17:40.607587 application/rdf+xml 24298 2025-09-14T16:17:25.211658 image/jpeg 4536 2025-09-14T16:17:24.952686 image/jpeg 37102 2021-01-07T19:43:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 1380028 2021-01-07T19:43:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 37066 2021-01-07T19:43:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 1477503 2025-09-14T16:17:22.501668 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog