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Description Diagram of the justification process. The composed line is locked up between the jaws (1 and 2) of the vise. The justification ram (5) then moves up to expand the spacebands to fill the space between the vise jaws.
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Source Linotype Machine Principles, published by Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Brooklyn, NY, 1940, p. 131
Author Scanned and cleaned up by Paul Koning
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1 May 2007