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Concluding remarks
arrangement. In Scheme 5 (page 341) the relation of pages to one another in different parts of the sheet
is
made
plainer
The purpose of
by
color.
not to present schemes that will be copied unthinkingly by a young compositor it is to lead him to an understanding of elementary principles, so that he can fprmulate new schemes for emergencies. Suggestions and explanations that may be helpful accomthis chapter is
;
pany many of the diagrams. The study of imposition has been made needlessly repelling
schemes.
Some
by the exhibition of too many are obsolete and others impracti-
It was the intent of the writer to present only the schemes that are in regular use for the ordinary sewed book of thin sections, but the
cable.
frequency of positive orders from some economical publishers of pamphlets for one thick section has led me to add a few schemes that are not recommended. This is done reluctantly, for thick sec-
make mean bindings. It is believed, however, that the increasing use of wire-stitching machines will lead to a general preference for thin sections tions
and a more
tidy binding of the cheap pamphlet.