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SPACING MATERIAL [2 records]

Record 1 2012-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Typography
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
CONT

Spacing material used between words or to fill out lines of a type form has its own terminology. ... Spacing material is not type high. Manufactured spacing material is supplied in a range of related sizes.

French

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

Chacun des éléments du matériel typographique (cadrats, cadratins, interlignes, lingots, espaces) qui ne sont pas de la hauteur du caractère.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-03-22

English

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

Low spacing material is provided to place in the parts of a type form that are not suppose to print.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques

Spanish

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