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

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Description	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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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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