With movable type, it could shift during the printing process. And the printers could shift it back where it belonged. This faint 'W' card could be from where that letter had worked a bit loose, but still faintly transferred a bit of ink. Evidently it eventually shifted to where it didn't strike the paper at all, or it broke and wasn't replaced. That faint 'W' looks complete, just faint, so it doesn't look broken to me. So I think it shifted, but didn't break.
|