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Typographic Alchemy of Gutenberg's Era
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Specialist who composes and arranges movable type with precision
  • 2. Engraved printing technique used for fine detail and art
  • 4. Surface traditionally used to prepare ink for rubbing in printing
  • 5. Container holding ink for manual inking of type or blocks
  • 6. Final mark left by a press stroke on paper or parchment
  • 8. Frame holding composited type blocks firmly in place
  • 10. Manuscripts or plates serving as the source for copies
  • 11. Process of casting metal letters for printing presses
  • 13. Distinct set of characters sharing design and size
  • 16. Early term for cataloging sets of type for retrieval
  • 18. Employer’s final arrangement locking type in a chase
Down
  • 3. Tools to lock up type tightly in a press chase
  • 7. Relief printing process that revolutionized text dissemination
  • 9. Molds used to cast individual metal type pieces
  • 12. Art and technique of arranging type beyond mere printing
  • 14. Gap or indentation made often by saw or cutting tool, metaphor in type spacing
  • 15. Single large sheet printed on one side, often proclamatory
  • 17. Metal tray holding type before composing a page layout
  • 19. Measurement determining the horizontal spacing of type

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