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ˈcounter-punch
[counter- 8.]
1. (See quot.)
1874Knight Dict. Mech., Counter-punch (Chasing), one which supports the metal beneath while the hammer is applied above.
2. Typogr. [= F. contrepoinçon, G. gegenpunzen.] A die used in making the counter or open space (counter n.4 5 a) of a type to be engraved on a punch. Hence as v. trans., to form by means of a counter-punch.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xiii. ⁋1 Striking the Counter-Punch into the Face of the Punch. Ibid., If the Letter be wholly to be Cut, and not Counter-Punch'd. 1898J. Southward Mod. Printing i. 142 The counter is the open space in the face of letters... It is so called because the part corresponding to it in the original punch is not cut by hand, like the rest of the letter, but is hollowed out by a counter punch. 1902De Vinne Typogr. (ed. 2) 15 When the proportions of the letters have been determined, the punch-cutter begins his work by making a counter-punch of steel. The illustration adjoining shows the form of a counter-punch for the letter H of the size of double english. It is an engraving in high relief of the counter or hollow part of the type, that is, of that part which appears white in the printed letter. 1965E. Tunis Colonial Craftsmen v. 127 The type cutter aided his work by annealing the steel to soften it and by first cutting counterpunches to form the insides of closed letters like B, D, O, P, and so on. |