Definition of Stickfuls. Meaning of Stickfuls. Synonyms of Stickfuls

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Definition of Stickfuls

Stickfuls
Stickful Stick"ful, n.; pl. Stickfuls. (Print.) As much set type as fills a composing stick.
Stickful
Stickful Stick"ful, n.; pl. Stickfuls. (Print.) As much set type as fills a composing stick.

Meaning of Stickfuls from wikipedia

- units, depending on the item being measured. In typography, the stick, stickful, or stick of type was an inexact length based on the size of the various...
- agates as well, to aid in newspaper and adverti****t composition. Stick or stickful, a unit of typesetting length based on the composing stick Galley proof...
- collection J. Poindexter, Colored – 1922 book Myself to Date – 1923 book (Stickfuls: Compositions of a Newspaper Minion) A Laugh a Day Keeps the Doctor Away:...
- a similar state of affairs in Indiana or Virginia is dismissed with a stickful" (a small amount of hand-set type). The New York Sun was criticized in...
- (1955), by Philippa Pearce Sun Slower Sun Faster, (1955) by Meriol Trevor A Stickful of Nonpareil, (1956), by George Scurfield Hunting with Mr. Jorrooks from...
- Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2021. "A stickful of nonpareil / written by George Scurfield ; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone...
- Alone With Our Day, published by Michael Joseph Ltd. (London, 1952). A Stickful of Nonpareil, with illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, published by Cambridge...