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]

See also

• History of western typography
• Typography

References

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 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 Folding machine Paper cutter Addressograph Related arts: Typography • Bookbinding • Printmaking • Papermaking