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
Ways to make impressions	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	Folding machine Paper cutter Addressograph
Related arts: Typography • Bookbinding • Printmaking • Papermaking