Braces
These are chiefly used in tables of account and similar matter that consists of a vareity of articles which would require circumlocution to distinguish were it not for the adoption of the tabular method. Braces stand before and keep together such articles as are of the same import, and are the subdivisions of the preceding articles. They sometimes stand after, and keep together, such articles as make above one linel, and have either pecuniary, mercantile, or other denominations after them, which are justified to answer to the middle of the brace. The bracing side of a brace is always turned to that part of an article which makes the most lines. Braces are generally cast in two, three, and four ems, but are made larger if so ordered. Middles and corners and metal rules are used when the brace is required to extend over any considerable space.
Brace
A character larger than a bracket, composed of two long pothook curves, joined by the foot of the first meeting the top of the second. It is used to embrace or group such particulars as have a common class or import, and thus avoids much tautology and circumlocution. The bracing side of a brace is always turned to that part of an article which makes the most lines. Braces are generally cast in two, three, and four ems, but are made larger if so ordered. Middles and corners with metal rules are used when the brace is required to extend over any considerable space.