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Trade 04

Type & Paper

Section 04 of eight. Setting, printing and the envelope. Three entries: setting and printing, paper weight and grain and the envelope.

A compositor's tray of type beside printed cards — Fig. 01Sorts go back into their own compartments after every job, because the next job begins by trusting the tray.Photo: Erik Mclean / Pexels

Entries

3 in this trade

Setting and printing
Letterpress bites the paper, which is why it survived commercially long after it stopped being efficient.
Entry 4.1 · A full entry
Paper weight and grain
Grain direction decides whether a fold cracks.
Entry 4.2 · A short entry
The envelope
Addressed by hand because the outside is the first thing seen.
Entry 4.3 · A short entry

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