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Harry
McIntosh
SPEEDSPOOLS
385
Queensferry Road
Edinburgh EH4 7AG
Scotland
machot@supanet.com
tel
+44(0)131 336 2849
fax +44(0)131-336
5065
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Order
hot-metal type over the web
For over thirty years Harry McIntosh has serviced a
small nucleus of select customers with a fully comprehensive range of
typesetting facilities and typefaces to suit most of their requirements.
This service can now be offered to a broader range of customers due,
mainly, to the completion of the MacTronic software and hardware -
and, of course, The Web.
This unique development allows the acceptance of
word-processor disks, data files, e-mail, or copy that can be either
scanned or keyboarded into a computer and then converted into Monotype
hot-metal or 31-channel punched tape. Now InDesign, PageMaker
and QuarkXpress can be used, which means complete control of
accuracy, word spacing, hyphenation, line breaks, page breaks, etc. - you
get what you see on your own screens! This also enables PDF files to be
used as proofs, and final corrections can be implemented before commitment
to punched-tape or type.
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extensive selection of classical Monotype typefaces have been retained for
the use of the discerning publisher, press or design studio - see the list
below. Traditional skills and quality control are used throughout all
services. For further information regarding spool setting, typesetting,
digital setting, or even letterpress printing, please contact us.
Typefaces available
Baskerville (169) - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 14, 18pt
Bell (341) - 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14pt
Bembo (270) - 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14pt
Bodoni (135) - 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11D, 12, 13pt
Bulmer (469) - 11, 12pt
Caslon (128) - 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14pt
Centaur (252) - 10, 11, 12, 14pt
Century (227) - 10, 12, 14pt
Ehrhardt (453) - 9, 10, 11pt
Fournier (185) - 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14pt
Garamond (156) - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14pt
Gill Sans (262) - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14pt
Gill Sans Light (362) - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12pt
Goudy Old Style (291) - 6, 8, 10, 11, 12pt
Grotesque Light (126) - 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13pt
Grotesque (215) - 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13pt
Helvetica (765) - 6, 8, 9, 10, 12D
Imprint (101) - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11D, 12, 14pt
Modern (1) - 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12pt
Modern (7) - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12pt
Old Style (2) - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12pt
Old Style (151) - 8, 9, 10, 11, 12pt
Perpetua (239) - 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14pt
Plantin (110) - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14pt
Plantin Light (113) - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12pt
Poliphilus (170) - 10, 11, 12pt
Rockwell Light (390) - 6, 8, 9, 10, 12pt
Rockwell Medium (371) - 6, 8, 9, 10, 12pt
Sabon (669) - 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12D
Scotch Roman (46) - 8, 9, 10, 11, 12pt
Scotch Roman (137) - 8, 9, 10, 11, 12pt
Times (327) - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14pt
Univers Light (685) - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12D
Univers Medium (689) - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12D
Walbaum (374) - 8, 9, 10, 11, 12D
We have other faces and sizes, including display type in case.
And we have a large range of accents, signs, ornaments, etc. as well as
Cyrillic, Greek, Fraktur and Hebrew - even 4-Line Mathematics!
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Technical
details
PCs (and even some Macs), from
the oldest to the newest, can produce text that is justified, ragged left,
right or centred on any Monotype composition caster.
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Any diecase layout can be used:
standard or customised (16x17, 15x17 and 15x15) |
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Any set size |
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Measure
up to 60 ems |
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Unit-adding |
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Letter-spacing |
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Unit
shift |
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Automatic
high space when character in layout requires it |
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Auto-generated
ligatures |
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When
word space in line is over wedge limits, extra spaces are auto-generated
until within limits (usually in very narrow measures) |
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Galley line/page length
control with galley lines auto-generated with stop quad and blank line
through any length of file, usually per chapter |
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Due to the limitations of
matrix-case layouts, punctuation, etc. can be shared between fonts or
changed to deliberate wrong characters for hand alteration |
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Accents,
pi-characters, etc. are only limited by the capacity of the matrix-case |
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Any layout can be generated,
and, if the caster has the unit-shift facility, even 15x15 and 15x17
layouts can be unit-shifted |
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A ‘wrong’ normal wedge of the
same set can be substituted to produce the same results as a correct
wedge, utilising unit-adding and unit-shift (if available) or single
justifying to obtain the correct character width. This facility can be
used to kern characters: plus 1-9 units, minus 1-2 units (depending on
type size). |
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A
tabulation capability which covers most requirements |
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Word-spacing
under three units to accommodate the exacting demands for tight spacing.
For example, a proof correction in a line was slightly overset using a
3-unit space; this was automatically recalculated, the spaces dropped
and the first character of each word after a space was letter-spaced with
the required amount under three units - this is a rare requirement, but
it’s there! |
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Sorts
casting can be done by lines of characters or number of characters,
though sorts casting is still difficult due to the limitations of the
matrix-case |
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The punch program now uses the
normal text functions of InDesign, Pagemaker and
QuarkXpress to create Monotype hot-metal. This requires the correct
hot-metal character widths; no tracking or kerning; normal characters
typed for ligatures; list of accents and characters used outwith
hot-metal layout. |
Visit the webpage for Harry McIntosh's own
Chepman & Myllar Press.
One of Harry's customers is The Old School
Press.
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