RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Type Terms

Alphabetical List | Hierarchical List

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• Characters or spacing matter (Gathering term; do not assign)
• Classes (Gathering term; do not assign)
• Damaged type features (Gathering term; do not assign)
• Generic designations (Gathering term; do not assign)
• Means of manufacture (Gathering term; do not assign)
• Type evidence
• Type materials (Gathering term; do not assign)
• Type ornaments
• Type sizes (Gathering term; do not assign)
• Typeface elements
• Typefaces
• Uses of typefaces (Gathering term; do not assign)
• Weights, densities, widths, or designs (Gathering term; do not assign)

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