drukkunst

Definitions of drukkunst
  1. noun
    the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
    synonyms: boekdrukkunst, grafiek
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    types:
    huwelijkszegen, publicatie, publikatie, uitgifte
    the act of issuing printed materials
    type of:
    business, commerce, commercie, handel, handelsverkeer, zaak
    the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
  2. noun
    text handwritten in the style of printed matter
    synonyms: blokletter, boekdrukkunst, druk, drukletter, druktechniek, grafiek, groteske
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    type of:
    allegorie, schrift
    letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
  3. noun
    reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
    synonyms: blokletter, boekdrukkunst, druk, drukletter, druktechniek, grafiek, groteske
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    typografie
    art and technique of printing with movable type
    hoogdruk
    printing from a plate with raised characters
    offset, offsetdruk
    a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
    pigmentdruk
    a process of printing on paper coated with bichromated gelatin containing pigment
    fototypie, lichtdruk
    a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced; can be used with one or more colors
    litho, lithografie, steendruk, steendrukkerij
    a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface
    type of:
    allegorie, schrift
    letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
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