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255.
Type with a heavy black face is called bold-face. Bold-face is indicated by a wavy line. (See p. 123.)
This line is set in bold-face.256.
The body of a type is called the shank; the upper surface, bearing the character, the face; the part of the fáce projecting beyond the shank, the kern; the part of the shank projecting beyond the face, the shoulder.
257.
A font, or complete assortment of a given size, of type includes large capitals ("caps"), small capitals ("small caps"), and lower-case letters (so called from being placed in the lower half of the printer's case). Caps are indicated by three straight lines; small caps, by two. (See p. 123.)
THESE ARE CAPS OF 9-PT. ROMAN.these are small caps of 9-pt. roman.
These are lower case of 9-pt. roman.
Spacing—
258.
The technical names for spaces and the methods of spacing depend on whether the "foundry" type (i.e., type set by hand) or machine-set type is in question. There are several makes of type-setting machines on the market, but of these the monotype (see 293) and the linotype (see 294) are in commonest use.
259.
The monotype and linotype machines have come into such universal use that a few words regarding their respective systems of spacing are proper;
