But as early as the twelfth century we find the term compositor used by Johannes. From Wordnik.com. [MUSICAL GENIUS] Reference
Is this the man who would have equality amongst all his fellow-creatures, and who calls a compositor a printer's devil?. From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels — Volume 01] Reference
Edinburgh, I purchased one, and commenced compositor. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
I have varied experience as a compositor and printer. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919] Reference
He mastered his business, becoming an expert compositor. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
The Type-Setting Machine will not injure the compositor. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864] Reference
Major Gilbert was a compositor and also a dancing-master. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
"Denis Quirk is white," a compositor remarked emphatically to Tim. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
An additional compositor was retained for some days on this account. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
I here pause to remark that I had intended to request the compositor to. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
"I began life as a compositor, and I have not forgotten my trade," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
Some literary-minded compositor in my father's employ had placed the book in. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
But the young compositor needed no guide-post to direct his political footsteps. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
After this he was foreman and compositor in the office of a monthly publication, called the. From Wordnik.com. [Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men] Reference
Much has been written about printers 'errors and the mistakes of "the intelligent compositor.". From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
I hope the compositor will choose a good large X; in which case the point of intersection, the. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4] Reference
Without that hoard, or without a breach of the law, my imaginary compositor would surely have died. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography] Reference
The portion thus given each compositor is called a "take," and its length is determined by circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
I went under the name of "David Vane, compositor," as of course, I knew something about the printing trade. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
In the building of a book he does not come into contact with author, artist, compositor, printer, or publisher. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
To enable a compositor to space evenly and to "justify" properly, these spaces are cast to various thicknesses. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
In the printing trade the craftsman is either a compositor a proof-reader, a make-up man, a pressman or a binder. From Wordnik.com. [Dollars and Sense] Reference
He said he could not make out how ever the compositor could keep the alphabetical order of each box in his memory. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
To a person unfamiliar with printing, it might appear impossible that any compositor, with this copy before him. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 62, January 4, 1851] Reference
If many such occur, the proof is again passed to the compositor for further correction and the taking of fresh proofs. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
"Justification," as it is termed, is perhaps the most difficult function of either the hand or the machine compositor. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
Thence the proof passes back again to the compositor, who corrects the type in accordance with the proof-reader's markings. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
"Oh, it is n't that," said the truthful compositor, "but I 'd rather be shot than try to set any more of your damned copy.". From Wordnik.com. [The Importance of the Proof-reader A Paper read before the Club of Odd Volumes, in Boston, by John Wilson] Reference
Only one more attempt at correction was made, when the compositor had its typography so changed that it read Tom Gregory, the. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
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