Printing. A thin, narrow strip of wood, used (a) †as a head- or side-stick, etc. (obsolete); (b) to make wide blanks between the lines in a page.
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| 释义 | society > communication > printing > composing equipment > [noun] > spacing material (16) reglet1636 Printing. A thin, narrow strip of wood, used (a) †as a head- or side-stick, etc. (obsolete); (b) to make wide blanks between the lines in a page. space1676 In a text: an interval or blank between words, lines, etc.; (Typography) any of several intervals or blanks of varying widths used to separate… headstick1683 Printing. A piece of wood placed above the top of pages in a forme when they are imposed, so as to secure them and produce a margin at the head of… quadrat1683 Typography. In letterpress printing: a small block of metal, lower than the face of the type, inserted by a printer to fill up short lines, adjust… quotation1683 Typography. More fully quotation quadrat. A large (usually hollow) quadrat used for filling blanks in letterpress printing. Now historical. rule1683 Typography. Frequently in brass rule. A strip of metal used to keep type level and in place during setting or printing; = composing-rule n. at comp… space1683 Typography. Any of certain small pieces of cast-metal of various thicknesses used to produce a blank or interval in a text. Cf. quad, n.1, quadrat, n.… quadc1781 In letterpress printing: = quadrat, n. 2 (now chiefly historical). Later also (in desktop publishing and filmsetting): a keyboard command which… spacer1857 An object or device used to make a space, interval, or division; (also) a mechanism that regulates or controls spacing. mutton1938 Printing. Short for mutton quad n. at compounds 2. Subcategories:— collectively (1) — that works loose in forme (1) — that separates pages (2) — that separates lines (1) — that separates words (1) |
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