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type gauges (<rules for type composition>, <rulers by function>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Rules for measuring the height of capital letters for copy fitting and layout, often of a transparent material and usually graduated in points, picas, and inches or centimeters. |
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type gauges (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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type gauge (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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gauges, type (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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scales, type (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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type scales (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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typometers (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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typometer (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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typomètre (C,U,French-P,AD,U,MSN)
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Typometer (Lineal) (C,U,German-P,D,B)
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tipómetros (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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tipómetro (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TN |
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........ Measuring Devices (hierarchy name) (G) |
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Dutch ..... Maatstokken voor het meten van de hoogte van hoofdletters voor het inpassen van kopij en de opmaak, vaak van doorzichtig materiaal en meestal onderverdeeld in punten, pica's en inches of centimeters. |
German ..... Lineal, mit dem die Höhe von Majuskeln gemessen wird, um Texte und Layout anzupassen, häufig aus einem transparenten Material und mit einer Einteilung in Punkte, Pica und Zoll oder Zentimeter. |
Spanish ..... Reglas para medir la altura de las letras mayúsculas para pruebas de copia y maquetas, a menudo de un material transparente y generalmente graduadas en puntos, picas, y pulgadas o centímetros. |
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