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Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Platemaking (Printing)
  • Photoengraving
  • Typography
DEF

[A] photo-engraved plate in which the image is broken up into fine dots by introduction of a ruled screen between the original and the photographic plate.

OBS

autotype: German and Dutch name for halftone photoengraving.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clicherie (Imprimerie)
  • Photogravure
  • Typographie (Caractères)
DEF

Cliché permettant de reproduire les lumières et les ombres d'un original (les demi-teintes) par une série de points en relief régulièrement espacés mais de grosseur variable.

Spanish

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