Furniture
Pieces of wood used in whiting-out blank and short pages or jobs, and, in imposition, for the margins of books. In imposing a single-page job, it is usual to dress two sides of the chase with furniture, for the head and one side of the page to rest against; the other parts being guarded by the side and foot-sticks. Furniture is manufactured and sold in yard lengths by tho dozen, having a groove run along the uppermost edge, as seen in the annexed diagram:—
Six sizes are generally used, the names and breadth of which are as follows:—
- Narrow 3 Pica ems
- Broad 4 ,,
- Gutter 5 ,,
- Double Narrow 6 Pica ems
- Broad and Narrow 7 ,,
- Double Broad 8 ,,
Metal furniture is cast as wide as ten Pica ems, See French Furniture. Side and Footsticks, Reglet, and Quoins, are all classed as Furniture, and are described under their respective heads. All furniture should be made to full quadrat height, but a great deal of common, cheap stuff is hawked about the trade which is so low as to be scarcely capable of supporting the matter burly on its feet, and by using such it is impossible to obtain a good impression.
Furniture
Pieces of wood used in whiting-out blank and short pages or jobs, and, in imposition, for the margins of books. In imposing a single-page job, it is usual to dress two sides of the chase with furniture, for the head and one side of the page to rest against; the other parts being guarded by the side and foot-sticks. Furniture is manufactured and sold in yard lengths by tho dozen, having a groove run along the uppermost edge. Six sizes are generally used, the names and breadth of which are as follows:—
- Narrow 3 Pica ems
- Broad 4 ,,
- Gutter 5 ,,
- Double Narrow 6 Pica ems
- Broad and Narrow 7 ,,
- Double Broad 8 ,,
Metal furniture is cast as wide as ten Pica ems, See French Furniture. Side and Footsticks, Reglet, and Quoins, are all classed as Furniture, and are described under their respective heads. All furniture should be made to full quadrat height, but a great deal of common, cheap stuff is hawked about the trade which is so low as to be scarcely capable of supporting the matter burly on its feet, and by using such it is impossible to obtain a good impression if this quality is used.