Somepagesofletter-pressaretakenprintedononesideonly;andwaxed，torenderthemmoretransparent;thelettersarethencutoutandsorted。
Tocomposeanewpagelinesareruledonasheetofwhitepaper，andthewordsareformedbyfixingtheseperatelettersintheirproperorder。
Thepagebeingready，anegativephotographisproducedfromit，fromwhichtherequisitenumberofpositivephotogeniccopiesmaybeobtained。
Anothermethod，whichrequirestheuseofthecamera，consistsinemployinglargeletterspaintedonrectangularpiecesofwood，coloredwhite。Thesearearrangedinlinesonatabletorboard，byslippingthemintogrooveswhichkeepthemsteadyandupright，thusformingapageonanenlargedscale。
Itisnowplacedbeforeacamera，andareducedimageofitoftherequiredsizeisthrownuponthesensitivepaper。