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PROPORTIONAL SPACING [1 record]

Record 1 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
  • Office Automation
DEF

The spacing of characters in proportion to size by using typewriters, word processors, and office composing machines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
  • Bureautique
DEF

Espacement des caractères sur des machines à écrire, des machines de traitements de textes ou des composeuses électroniques de manière que les caractères puissent occuper, dans le texte, un emplacement proportionnel à l'œil, c'est-à-dire, à leur surface apparente. Les mots ont ainsi une «condensation» uniforme des lettres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Artes gráficas e imprenta
  • Ofimática
DEF

Forma de impresión que asigna espacio para los caracteres basándose en el ancho de los mismos.

CONT

Con el espaciado proporcional una «M» se imprime en un campo más ancho que una «i».

CONT

Las impresoras de procesamiento de palabras y las fotocompositoras van un paso más allá del espaciado proporcional mediante el kerning (cran -tipo de imprenta).

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