pen in hand; shed ink, spill ink, dip one’s pen in ink. 
     Adj. writing &c. v.; written &c. v.; in writing, in black and white;
under one’s hand.
     uncial, Runic, cuneiform, hieroglyphical[obs3]. 
     Adv. currente calamo[Sp]; pen in hand. 
     Phr. audacter et sincere[Lat]; le style est l’homme meme [Fr];
“nature’s noblest gift — my gray goose quill” [Byron]; scribendi recte sapere et principium et fons [Lat][Horace]; “that mighty instrument of little men” [Byron]; “the pen became a clarion” [Longfellow].

     #591.  Printing. —­ N. printing; block printing, type- printing; plate
printing &c. 558[engraving]; the press &c. (publication) 531; composition.
     print, letterpress, text; context, note, page, column.
     typography; stereotype, electrotype, aprotype[obs3]; type, black
letter, font, fount; pi, pie; capitals &c. (letters) 561; brevier[obs3], bourgeois, pica &c.
     boldface, capitals, caps., catchword; composing-frame, composing room,
composing rule, composing stand, composing stick; italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype; lower case, upper case; make-up, matrix, matter, monotype[obs3], point system:  4-1/2, 5, 5-1/2, 6, 7, 8 point, etc.; press room, press work; reglet[obs3], roman; running head, running title; scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay.
     folio &c. (book) 593; copy, impression, pull, proof, revise; author’s
proof, galley proof, press proof; press revise.
     printer, compositor, reader; printer’s devil copyholder. 
     V. print; compose; put to press, go to press; pass through the press,
see through the press; publish &c. 531; bring out; appear in print, rush into print; distribute, makeup, mortise, offset, overrun, rout. 
     Adj. printed &c. v.; in type; typographical &c. n.; solid in galleys.

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     #592.  Correspondence. —­ N. correspondence, letter, epistle, note,
billet, post card, missive, circular, favor, billet-doux; chit, chitty[obs3], letter card, picture post card; postal [U.S.], card; despatch; dispatch; bulletin, these presents; rescript, rescription[obs3]; post &c. (messenger) 534. 
     V. correspond with; write to, send a letter to; keep up a
correspondence. 
     Adj. epistolary. 
     Phr. furor scribendi[Lat].

—­ Book, periodical should be separated —­

     #593.  Book. —­ N. booklet; writing, work, volume, tome,
opuscule[obs3]; tract, tractate[obs3]; livret[obs3]; brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion[obs3], circular, publication; chap book.
     part, issue, number livraison[Fr]; album, portfolio; periodical,
serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal.
     paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet[obs3]; leaf, leaflet; fly leaf, page;
quire, ream
     [subdivisions of a book] chapter, section, head, article, paragraph,