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  • 41HCl — Type Type, n. [F. type; cf. It. tipo, from L. typus a figure, image, a form, type, character, Gr. ? the mark of a blow, impression, form of character, model, from the root of ? to beat, strike; cf. Skr. tup to hurt.] [1913 Webster] 1. The mark or …

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  • 42NH3 — Type Type, n. [F. type; cf. It. tipo, from L. typus a figure, image, a form, type, character, Gr. ? the mark of a blow, impression, form of character, model, from the root of ? to beat, strike; cf. Skr. tup to hurt.] [1913 Webster] 1. The mark or …

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  • 43List of German Americans — This is a list of notable German Americans.German Americans (Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States of ethnic German ancestry and form the largest ancestry group in the United States, accounting for 17% of US population. [cite web… …

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  • 44Gangrel (Old World of Darkness) — World of Darkness Vampire series Vampire Settings World of Darkness Clans World of Darkness Concepts Old World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade Clans Bloodlines Masquerade Society Cainite History Vampire Lore Genealogy New World of Darkness… …

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  • 45Morris Fuller Benton (list of types) — A sample of News Gothic. A sample of Bank Gothic …

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  • 46Text figures — Hoefler Text, a typeface designed in 1991, uses text figures …

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  • 47Bourgeois — Bour*geois , n. [From a French type founder named Bourgeois, or fr. F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf. G. bourgeois, borgis. Cf. {Burgess}.] (Print.) A size of type …

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  • 48Konrad Sweynheim —     Konrad Sweynheim     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Konrad Sweynheim     See also THIS ARTICLE.     (SCHWEINHEIM)     Printer, b. at Schwanheim, Frankfort, Germany; d. in Rome, 1477. Sweynheim and Arnold Pannartz of Prague, both of whom were… …

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  • 49John Day (printer) — For the soul singer, see Johnny Daye John Day or Daye (c. 1522 [Evenden. The birthdate is calculated from a 1562 woodcut of Day that proclaims his age to be 40 ( Life is death and death is life: ætatis suæ XXXX ).] ndash; 23 July 1584) was an… …

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  • 50Baskerville — typeface style, 1802 (the type was created in the 1750s), named for John Baskerville (1706 1775), British type founder and printer. The initial version were cut by John Handy under Baskerville s watchful eye. The result is the epitome of… …

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