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STYLE LAPIDAIRE [1 record]

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Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Layout (Graphic Arts)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
OBS

A type design is said to be symmetrical when, after drawing a line through it from top to bottom, each type line is divided exactly in half, thus leaving equal type masses on both sides.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maquette et mise en page
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
OBS

Ce style consiste à tracer ou à composer un sommaire ou des manchettes en plaçant un ou plusieurs mots les uns au-dessous des autres, au milieu de la justification, au lieu de les composer en alinéa.

Spanish

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