Before revision: A Miller & Richard composing stick, showing the adjustment mechanism (left side) In letterpress printing and typesetting, a composing stick is an instrument used to assemble pieces of metal type into words and lines which are later bound into a forme , set in a galley and printed.
After revision: A Miller & Richard composing stick, showing the adjustment mechanism (left side) In letterpress printing and typesetting, a composing stick is a tool used to assemble pieces of metal type into words and lines which are then transferred to a galley before being locked into a forme and printed.