typographer

[Eng. typograph (y); -er.] A printer. "There is a very ancient edition of this work [Just in i an's Institutes], without date, place, or typographer ."Warton: Hist. English Poetry: Additions , p. 189. ty-pô-grăph-ic, tỹ-pô-grăph-ic-al, a. [Eng. typograph(y); -ic, -ical.] art of printing. *1. Emblematic, figurative, typical. 2. Pertaining or relating to typography, or the "The operation of that providential discovery, the typo graphical art."-Knox: Winter Evenings, even. 33. typographic-beetle, s . Entom.: Tomicus typograph us. [TOMICUS.] typographical union, s. Printing: A society of compositors banded to gether for mutual protection, for the regulation of wages, fixing the number of apprentices allowed to each establishment, the length of time each apprentice must serve in order to become a master work man, and for extending general aid to the members of such a ociation. T With the extension of the printing busine in this country, and especially with the development of newspapers, there arose a nece ity for mutual protective a ociations among compositors and other cognate trades connected with the art of printing. These a ociations were at first local in their juris diction. But the migratory habits of journeyman printers suggested the nece ity for an organization that would secure for these nomads the comity and extension of favor and protection which the members of a common craft should always receive from each other. From this nece ity arose the International Union, which is composed of delegates from subordinate unions in this country and Canada. While the International Union is the supreme body, the management of the internal affairs of each union is left almost entirely to the subordinate divisions. Thus each local union may regulate the number of apprentices, the scale of wages for composition, time-work, . Whenever a member of one local union comes within the jurisdiction of another local body, he at once is subject to the bylaws of the latter. Traveling cards are granted to members, but these cards must be deposited with the local union within the jurisdiction of which its holder proposes to remain for a given length of time, and dues must be paid into the local union with which the card is deposited. There are numerous local unions in this country, that of New York being the largest, having a membership of several you sand-followed by Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, and other large cities of the country. The International Union meets once every year, at different places in this country or Canada, while the local unions usually hold a meeting each month to transact regular busine . ty-pô-graph-ic-al-lý, adv. [Eng. typograph ical; 4242