Title
The hand-compositor's workshop for jobbing work (small printed matter) and the layout of pages at A.W. Sijthoff's in Leiden, c. 1926
Creator
Smit, D. (auteur/author), Sijthoff, A.W. (uitgever/publisher)
Year
1926
Type
illustratie, illustration
Measurements
21,5 x 14,3 cm.
Related term
boekdrukkerijen, zetterijen, zetten
Period
20e eeuw
Classification
D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst
Content
According to the 1926 Sijthoff commemorative book 'there is here a pleasant stillness because there is no mechanical power in this room'. A group of compositors was assigned to each type of composition. The compositors work on a 'rack': the device in which the type cases are stored. Each 'rack' has two cases: an upper and a lower case. Only the capital letters in the upper case are in alphabetical order. The small letters in the lower case lie in such a way that the letters which are most used are the easiest to pick. Also in the cases are a number of numerals, accented letters, punctuation marks, spaces and separation marks.
Original
Smit, D. - Gedenkschrift ter gelegenheid van het 75-jarig bestaan van de uitgeverszaak en drukkerij van A.W. Sijthoff's uitgeversmaatschappij te Leiden. - Leiden, Sijthoff, [1926], t.o. p.54.
available in
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1149 E 60
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek