Of composing ... with apologies to Joseph Moxon, Mechanick exercises in the whole art of printing (1683-4)
"He holds the composing stick in his left hand ..." (printing teacher Paul Nash, left, with a student)
"... the compositor falls to composing ..." (Dr Ian Gadd, right, with his class from Bath Spa University)
"A pair of cases is an upper-case and a lower-case."
"A good compositor takes care not to set too close or too wide."
"The manner of holding the composing stick."
"He composes line upon line till his stick be full ..." (Paul Nash with finished work)
Thanks to students in Ian Gadd's third-year English literature class, Bath Spa University
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