At night, or when the printer was
not watching, this pesky demon would iuvert letters, mizspell a word
or perhaps remove an entire or even a complete line.
In the days of movable type, every letter had to be picked and
placed by hand. Thin spacers, know as leading, were added to line everything up.
Mistakes were
inevitable, and the printer's devil took the blame.
Photos © 2001 C Jones Photo above has been retouched
