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Height to paper

A general expression to denote the height of type. French type is slightly higher than English, consequently its “height to paper” is greater. Worn type is “low to paper.”

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Entry taken from Printers' Vocabulary, by Charles Thomas Jacobi, 1888.

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Heads.
Headsticks.
Heap.
Hebrew.
Hebrew cases.
Height to paper
Hell box.
Herculean rule cutter.
High.
High quadrats.
High spaces.