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SCOTCH ROMAN TYPE [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
  • Typography
OBS

8-MODERN REVIVALS OF EARLY TYPE FACES AND 20TH-CENTURY DESIGNS(...)(H) Scotch Roman [type](...)

OBS

type: a rectangular piece of metal or, sometimes, wood with a raised letter, figure, etc. in reverse on its upper end, which when inked and pressed against a piece of paper or other material, (...) leaves an impression of its face.

Key term(s)
  • Scotch Roman type

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
OBS

(...) [En typographie,] les anciens noms arbitraires de caractères furent remplacés par des désignations numérales, tirées d'une mesure spéciale, le "point typographique"; chaque caractère fut désigné par le nombre de points qu'il mesure: 3 Diamant, 4 Perle, 5 Parisienne, (...) 9 Petit romain (...)

OBS

Voir rubrique "typographie" dans GRLAA.

Spanish

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