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wrong-reading [2 records]

Record 1 1990-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

Said of an image which, when the image-forming material is on the side facing the viewer, appears to be the wrong way round, or reversed.

OBS

Such an image, when copied onto another material, will become right-reading.

CONT

Since the impression was to be transferred directly to paper, all work was done backward or wrong-reading.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Se dit d'une image qui est dans le sens inverse de la réalité, ou qui apparaît renversée, lorsque le côté "image" est tourné vers l'observateur.

OBS

Une telle image, lorsque copiée, produira une image à l'endroit.

CONT

La forme, où le dessin apparaît à l'endroit, est alors montée sur le cylindre porte-plaque (...) L'image encrée est reçue à l'envers, par contact, sur une feuille de caoutchouc (...) qui la reporte à son tour à l'endroit, par décalque (offset) (...)

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
CONT

The typed images on the top of the body are laterally reversed, or wrong reading; when they are coated with ink on paper, they produce images which are right-reading.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)

Spanish

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