Hanging pages

Pages of type which are found, after being locked-up, to be out of the perpendicular. The remedy for this is, to unlock the quarter in which it is imposed, and to pat the face of the type with the fingers of one hand, at the same time pushing up the page with the other, until it is got into a proper position again. Sometimes the hanging of a page is caused by the page at its side being rather longer, or by tlie footstick binding against the furniture in the “backs;” in this case, an extra lead or piece of reglet should be placed at the foot of the page before re-locking up, so as to be clear of the obstacle. When a forme is unlocked, care should be taken not to leave the quoins too slack, as the operation of loosening the others may either squabble the matter or cause it to hang.