Forme (printing)

A locked up forme for printing a single page

In typesetting, a forme (or form) is imposed by a stoneman working on a flat imposition stone when he assembles the loose components of a page (or number of simultaneously printed pages) into a locked arrangement, inside a chase, ready for printing.^[1]

References

↑ Ryder, John (1957). Printing for Pleasure. London: The English Universities Press Ltd.

Letterpress printing

History of printing • Printer

Relief printing

Movable type	Type casting Type metal Punchcutter Matrix

Blocks and plates	Stereotype Logographic printing Wood engraving Electrotype Zinc etching

Typesetting

Manual typesetting	Type case Composing stick Sort Slug Strut Reglet Furniture Leading Quoin Chase Forme Hellbox

Hot metal typesetting	Linotype machine Monotype System Ludlow Typograph Intertype Machine Paige Compositor

Printing press

Parts of a press	Platen Frisket Tympan Bed

Inking	Offset ink Ink ball Composition roller

Types of presses	Hand press (Stanhope • Columbian • Albion) Jobbing press (Golding & Company • Chandler & Price • Colt's Armory) Cylinder press Rotary press

Other equipment

Related arts: Typography • Bookbinding • Printmaking • Papermaking

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Forme (printing)

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