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TWEEZER [1 record]

Record 1 1998-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

Small spring nippers used to pick up type in the form.

OBS

Used only by experienced typesetters, tweezers in inexperienced hands injure the faces of valuable printing types.

Key term(s)
  • tweezer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Petit outil à deux branches, formant ressort, avec lequel le typographe exécute les corrections sur le plomb.

Spanish

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