Typographical Printing Surfaces

"Sections ... relating to composing machines, motive power, and to printing machines, have been revised and brought up to date. [This edition] also includes the various examination papers which were set for the years 1907 to 1912." -- p. [vii].

Methodology and definitions; Legibility of letters and digits; Kinds of type; Size of type; Width of line; Leading and relationship of leading, type size, and line width; Spatial arrangements of the printed page; Color of print and background; Printing surfaces; Cumulative effect of combining nonoptimal typographical arrangements; Newspaper typography; Formulas and mathematical tables; Special printing situations; Illumination for reading; The hygienic reading situation.