Reglet

A sort of furniture of an equal substance all its length. It is quadrat high of several thicknesses, viz., Pearl. Nonpareil, Brevier, Long Primer, Pica, Great Primer, Double Pica, Two-line English, and Two-line Great Primer. Reglet and furniture as well as sidesticks,* are made in lengths of three feet each, and are always styled lengths of reglet, lengths of furniture, &c. reglet is used principally for making margin in imposing a forme; also for spacing out the lines of a broadside or other large page; it also is often used to branch out titles, jobs, and other matter, in order to economise the use of quadrats and leads. In the absence of metal clumps, it is preferable to quadrats for this purpose, as it keeps the lines more even, especially if a wrong fount space or quad happens to get in.