composing rule (kompozingrol)

In print ing, a thin piece of bra or steel fitted to the composing-stick, on or against which the compositor places and arranges the types. The smooth rule permits the free movement of type in the proce of spacing, and it is also used as a support in the act of emptying the stick. composing-stand (kom-pō'zing-stand), n. In printing, an elevated framework, usually of wood, on which the type-cases are placed in inclined positions, the part for the upper case hav ing a steeper for the lower. slope than that Also called com posing - frame, or Composing-stick. in common use frame or stand. composing-stick (kom-pô zing stik), n. In print ing, a small tray of iron or other metal, with a raised side and end, which is held by a compositor in his left hand, and in which he places composing-stick and arranges the types that he picks out of the cases with his right hand. The composing-stick is fitted with a knee, adjustable, by means of a screw or a clamp, to any length of line required in printed work. The earliest composing-sticks were sticks of wood, with knees specially tacked on for different lengths of line; but wooden sticks are now used only in setting hand-bills, or for other work requiring very long lines.