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Wood Type Spacing Material
16 Aug What do you wood typists use for spacing material with wood type? Thus far, I've only used single words on a line or maybe a couple words letters and numbers and have some potential plans to print something that Can I go out to the shed and rip some mahogany blocks into thin strips for leading, then.
It defines the gap between lines and in letterpress printing it is done by inserting a thin strip of lead. Finding wood to suffer from warping and easily damaged, printers began to use metal furniture (from the same material as spaces), and then This rather grand sounding material is used to set curved lines of type.
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Description:It defines the gap between lines and in letterpress printing it is done by inserting a thin strip of lead. They vary in length and also width. It can be confusing to determine the difference between different sizes when composing, so in some cases it might be wise to standardise on one or two sizes. On length, they should be accurately cut and your supplier will normally do this. If you are cutting then you need to be as precise as possible.
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