| 单词 | reverse plate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreverse plate reverse plate n. Printing a plate on which the elements in relief are the opposite of what is usual or expected; a piece of printed matter produced from such a plate, typically having white text or figures against a dark printed background (cf. sense A. 6b). ΚΠ 1862 Repertory Patent Inventions 40 141 A reverse plate is produced for casting. 1896 Typographical Jrnl. 15 Feb. 122/1 Three-colored work is easily done in two impressions by etching a little larger than the type face, and printing in direct from the original type, the extra vacuum showing white between the solid background of the reverse plate and the type face. 1921 S. R. Hall Advertising Handbk. xv. 399 The engraver may be instructed to ‘make up a reverse plate of this’, and he will furnish a plate which, if printed in blue ink, will yield a blue background with white lines, the white being merely the paper that is left unprinted. 1971 F. K. Baskette Art of Editing (1977) v. 54 A reverse plate headline is one that reverses the color values so that the letters are in white on a black background. 1998 H. Cohen in A. Cohen et al. John S. Fass & Hammer Creek Press 30 Reverse plate printed in reddish brown within triple rule border. < as lemmas |
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