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Composing stick, and metal type in a type case. this image was taken by ciaran hoare

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English: Note: the plate says - "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog and feels as if he were in the seventh heaven of typography together with Hermann Zapf, the most famous artist of the"
Français : Caractères mobiles d'imprimerie. On peut lire en anglais: "Le renard rapide saute par dessus le chien paresseux (équivalent anglophone de "Voix ambiguë d'un cœur qui au zéphyr préfère les jattes de kiwis"), comme s'il était dans le septième ciel de la typographie avec Herman Zapf, l'artiste le plus célèbre du"
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Picture of the day This image was selected as a picture of the day for November 2, 2006. It was captioned as followed:
English: A set of metal types

Asturianu: Tipógrafu metálicu
Česky: Kovové tiskařské litery
Cymraeg: Set o teip metal y wâsg.
Deutsch: Bleisatz: Setzkasten mit Winkelhaken
English: A set of metal types
Esperanto: metalaj tipoj por tradicia presado
Español: Caracteres tipográficos en metal.
Français : Caractères typographiques en métal
Galego: Caracteres tipográficos en metal.
Magyar: Nyomdai betűfémek
Italiano: Caratteri tipografici in metallo.
日本語: 金属 活字
‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Eit sett med metalltypar.
Polski: Kaszta zecerska z czcionkami.
Русский: Набор металлических литер
Slovenščina: Črkovnjak in vrstičnik z ročnim stavkom
Svenska: En uppsättning metalltyper.
Türkçe: Değişik metaller
‪中文(简体)‬: 金属 活字

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current 16:57, 9 August 2006 2,288×1,520 (1.79 MB) Céréales Killer (L'image était inversée par rapport à la réalité (foi d'un ancien typographe...) !)
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