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Hullo, you two,” he said, “would you like to make yourselves useful? My press has arrived. I thought you might help put it together.” He led them into his room, where half-opened crates filled most of the floor. “It was all in one piece when I bought it. All I’ve got to go on is this.” He showed them a woodcut in an old book. “They didn’t change much from Caxton’s day until the steam presses came in. This one is about a hundred years old.”
“Damned sweat,” muttered Tamplin.
“And here, young Ryder, is the ‘movable type’ you deplore so much.”
“What sort of type is it, sir?”
“We’ll have to find out. I bought the whole thing in one lot from a village stationer.”
They took out letters at random, set them, and took an impression by pressing them, inked, on a sheet of paper. Mr. Graves had an album of typefaces.
“They all look the same to me,” said Tamplin.
In spite of his prejudice, Charles was interested. “I’ve got it, I think, sir; Baskerville.”
“No. Look at the serifs. How about Caslon Old Style?”
At last it was identified. Then Charles found a box full of ornamental initials, menu
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