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Punchcutting

Punchcutting is a craft used in traditional typography to cut letter punches in steel as the first stage of making metal type. Steel punches in the shape of the letter would be used to stamp matrices into copper, which were locked into a mould shape to cast type. Cutting punches and casting type was the first step of traditional typesetting. The cutting…

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Punchcutting

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Triples47
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
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related to Punchcutters · 24
Punchcutting → Also Christoffel, Among, As, Charles Chiffin, Claude Garamond, Dijck, During, France, Gagny, Hungarian, In, Jean, JJ, Johannes Gutenberg, Many, Miklós Tótfalusi Kis, Netherlands, Nicolas Jenson, Pierre-Simon Fournier, Robert Granjon
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Punchcutting → Enschedé, Files, Matthew Carter, Narration, Rädisch, Stan NelsonGravers, The
related to Process · 5
Punchcutting → Of, Such, The, This, While
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Punchcutting → Electrotyping, New, This
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Punchcutting → craft used in traditional typography to cut letter punches in steel as the first stage of making metal type

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Punchcuttingis acraft used in traditional typography to cut letter punches in steel as the first stage of making metal type0.90text
the angleinstance ofas well as factors0.80text
depth to which it was driven into the matrixinstance ofas well as factors0.80text
would affect the appearance of the type on the pageinstance ofas well as factors0.80text
casting type or matrices in sandinstance ofAlternative methods0.80text
plaster or lead were used for theseinstance ofAlternative methods0.80text
cutting dies to make coinsinstance ofor sometimes specialised itinerant craftsmen.The technique of punchcutting is similar to that used in other precision metalworking professions0.80text
and many punchcutters entered the trade from these fieldsinstance ofor sometimes specialised itinerant craftsmen.The technique of punchcutting is similar to that used in other precision metalworking professions0.80text
Punchcuttingrelated to External linksStan NelsonGravers0.60section
Punchcuttingrelated to External linksFiles0.60section
Punchcuttingrelated to External linksThe0.60section
Punchcuttingrelated to External linksRädisch0.60section

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