Forme (printing)

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]

If metal type is kept locked up in the typeset document for long periods to allow reprint, this is called "standing type".^[2]

References

^ Ryder, John (1957). Printing for Pleasure. London: The English Universities Press Ltd.
^ Mosley, James. "Fallen and threaded types". Typefoundry. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

Letterpress printing

History of printing
Printer

Ways to make
impressions

Movable type	Type casting Type metal Punchcutter Matrix Wood type
Blocks and plates	Stereotype Flong 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