THE TYPESETTING

With the sample page accepted by the publisher or author, or both,

the printer is authorized to proceed with the typesetting. Setting

type by hand is now almost entirely superseded by machine-composition,

except for the display pages (such as the title) and where the type

itself runs larger than the English (14-point) size, this being the

limit of the machines. Linotype[37] composition is cheaper than

monotype,[37] but as the type is cast all in one line, instead of in

separate characters, the cost of corrections is much higher. To change

even a mark of punctuation requires recasting the entire line. If the

manuscript is reasonably final in its form, the publisher is likely to

order linotype composition; otherwise, monotype will be selected. Both

machines carry the standard faces and sizes of type.

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