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FULL FLUSH [2 records]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

A kind of typesetting having the first line of a paragraph set to the full width of the measure, i. e. flush left, the remaining lines being indented one or more ems from the left edge.

CONT

In hanging indention the first line is set full measure and the following lines are indented.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Composition qui fait ressortir la première ligne de chaque alinéa. De ce fait, les lignes suivantes semblent renfoncées.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
  • Office Automation
DEF

A non-centred arrangement with the right margin straight and the left margin ragged (rarely found).

OBS

Headings that are not run flush left or flush right are indented, centred or run "full measure"(flush with both margins).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Bureautique
DEF

Disposition non centrée des caractères, avec le texte aligné à droite mais non à gauche (disposition rare).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Composición (Imprenta)
  • Ofimática
DEF

En el procesamiento de palabras o publicaciones electrónicas, es el alineamiento de cada línea de texto de modo que el margen derecho está parejo, pero el margen izquierdo está dentado.

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