組版ステッキのおはなし―第2回Common Screw Stick
Common Screw Stick (PHOTO by gillographic: original is on Flickr)
アメリカ・ヨーロッパを問わず、一番古いステッキの形式の一つ。最初は木製、途中一部の部品を金属で補強し、後に全てを鉄または鋼などで製造するようになる。Kneeを固定するのに色々な方法が考案されたが、その一つはRailまたはKneeに、Knee固定用のネジを通すための穴もしくは溝を作ることだった。Railには1インチ間隔に丸穴が開けられるか、Railとほぼ同等の長さの溝が開けられた。Kneeの内、Railに接触する部分には、これにも溝が開けられた。RailとKneeにこのような穴や溝を開けることにより、あらゆる細かい寸法に対応できるようになっており、シンプルな形式のため非常に実用的で融通の利く製品でもあって数多くのメーカーが製造した。また、このステッキでは通常、Bedに目盛りは刻まれなかった。
This is one of the oldest type sticks. The first stick was made of wood, later some parts of it were covered with metal, and eventually all of it was produced of iron, steel or other metal. Various methods were devised to fix the knee. One of those was that the rail or the knee had holes or a groove to be passed through by the screw for fastning the knee. The rail was pierced by holes at one inch apart from each other or slotted its nearly full length. The part of the knee that rested against the rail had a groove, too. Because of opening thus holes or a groove to the rail or knee, this stick was able to adjust to any measure. Although usually ungraduated and simple, it was very functional and versatile, and was manufactured by many companies.
Common Screw Stickの他の写真は以下のリンクからどうぞ(Links to the Flickr)
Links below to the other Common Screw Stick photos in the Flickr.
- Left-handed composing stick -bottom | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
- Tim's Book & Miscellaneous Blog: Common Screw Stick
以下は、Flickrにて見つけたステッキの写真へのリンク。
Links below to the composing stick photos in the Flickr.
純木製のステッキ Wooden composing stick
木製のボディに金属部品のステッキ Composing stick made of wood and parts made of metal
- Hand typesetting for letterpress wedding poster | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
- Franklin Gothic headline set in a wooden setting stick | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
- 32inch wood composing stick | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
- Biggest composing stick I've ever seen | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
- Wooden composing stick | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
- IMG_0572.JPG | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
- Wooden setting sticks at the workshop of Speedspools | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
- Composteur | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
- 7. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Composing stick. RBML, Typographic Realia | Jewels in Her Crown: Treasures of Columbia University Libraries
参考文献 References
- Williams, Fred. The Lore of the Composing Stick. 1987
- Ringwalt, John Luther. American encyclopaedia of printing. Menamin & Ringwalt, 1871, 512p. (p.116)
- Tim's Book & Miscellaneous Blog: Common Screw Stick【実製品の写真が見られる】
- Tim's Book & Miscellaneous Blog: Improved Standard Job Stick【チラシ画像の右下にイラストと価格表あり】
- 7. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Composing stick. RBML, Typographic Realia | Jewels in Her Crown: Treasures of Columbia University Libraries【Benjamin Franklin*1がフランスで購入・使用していたという18世紀のCommon Screw Stickの画像】
- The Harper Establishment; or, How the Story Books are Made, by Jacob Abbott (1855)【p.56に当たる箇所にComposing Stickのイラスト(1855年当時)が掲載されているが、その形式はCommon Screw】
*1:雷に向かって凧を上げて、雷が電気であることを明らかにし、100ドル紙幣に描かれているあの人。元は印刷業に携わっていた。