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Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
  • Photography
CONT

Blockouts are a printed series of dots or jumbled characters.

OBS

blocking out : eliminating characters, portion of art, or any part of an image [...] by pasting them over [...] or masking them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Photographie
OBS

cacher : soustraire au regard [...] en recouvrant de quelque chose.

OBS

cache : feuille [...] de papier noir, de [...] plastique opaque ou de métal, découpée de façon à cacher certaines parties d'un cliché [...]

Spanish

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