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MORTISING KNIFE [1 record]

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Record 1 1980-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Correction and Proofreading (Printing)
  • Silk-Screen Printing
OBS

Mortise (mortice) (...) to cut a hole in two layers of material and replace the undesired cutout piece with the desired cutout piece. The piece to be replaced may consist of one character, a line, a solid block of text, or a complete illustration. (...) A sharp knife is used to cut out both layers of paper. (...) The [desired cutout piece] is picked up with the point of the knife and placed in the cutout space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Correction d'épreuves (Imprimerie)
  • Sérigraphie
DEF

Petit couteau à lame aiguisée en rasoir, souvent cassable, dont on se sert surtout pour les découpes, notamment en sérigraphie.

OBS

Découpe: Action de découper une figure dans un support pour s'en servir comme pochoir ou cache, et résultat de cette action, l'élément découpé étant lui-même une découpe.

Spanish

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