A composing stick loaded with metal movable type, lying on a lower case with larger boxes for more common minuscule letters: the upper case holds capital letters.

In letterpress printing and typesetting, a composing stick is an instrument used to assemble pieces of metal type into words and lines which are later bound into a forme, set in a galley and printed. The composing stick has one adjustable end allowing the length of the lines and consequent width of the page or column to be set, with spaces of different sizes being used to make up the exact width. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2288x1520, 1820 KB) Please see the file description page for further information. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2288x1520, 1820 KB) Please see the file description page for further information. ... For the weblog software, see Movable Type. ... In orthography and typography, letter case (or just case) is the distinction between majuscule (capital or upper-case) and minuscule (lower-case) letters. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Letter case. ... Majuscules or capital letters (in the Roman alphabet: A, B, C, ...) are one type of case in a writing system. ... Letterpress printing is the oldest printing technique, in which a raised surface is inked and then pressed against a smooth substance to obtain an image in reverse. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

The compositor takes the letter blocks from the boxes (compartments) of the type case and places them in the composing stick, working from left to right and placing the letters upside down with the "nick" to the top Movable metal type Typesetting involves the presentation of textual material in an aesthetic form on paper or some other media. ... In orthography and typography, letter case (or just case) is the distinction between majuscule (capital or upper-case) and minuscule (lower-case) letters. ...

See also: Galley proof

Movable type on a composing stick In printing, galley proofs are preliminary versions of publications. ...

References

• Man, John The Gutenberg Revolution: The story of a genius that changed the world (c) 2002 Headline Book Publishing, a division of Hodder Headline, London. ISBN 0-7472-4504-5. A detailed examination of Gutenberg's life and invention interwoven with the underlying social and religious upheaval of Medieval Europe on the eve of the Renaissance.

• Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1913.

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