Scarce and Excellent Looking Antique STAR Printer's Make-Up Rule fly pin which is all the more

which is all the more dramatic held to light

As one slide (in my listed "Set 2") reads: "It hardly seems fair to start people on a lifetime of glasses if their sight can be corrected by orthoptic training

as evident and documented

and my favorite of all

This completely thrilled me when I found it

Scarce and Excellent Looking Antique STAR Printer's Make-Up Rule fly pin which is all the moreI spotted this in a case at an antiques shop in central MA and jumped on it just for the sight of it, but have since come to learn it is a rather iconic little tool in the type laying world: a Star printer's make up rule (or composing rule) used in letterpress printing for measuring and justifying lines of type. Not in the least my expertise, but in the realm of printing history these seem to hold a special place; I read one wonderful story of a print