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OwnerRay E. Bakerinventor
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Abstract
More easily readable matter is provided by intelligible characters which have spaced stroke components and a contrast space between the stroke components, the stroke components forming the intelligible character so that the width is at least about 20% greater than the height. The component strokes have mass or weight which does not exceed 5% of the contrast space with horizontal stroke components; and which does not exceed 30% of the contrast stroke with vertical space components. Cut-ins at stroke component junctions and spurs at outside corners of stroke components allow printing of the intelligible characters without objectionable rounding or filling-in.
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A method for printing letter and numeral characters of a size not exceeding 12 points so that inside and outside corners formed between the straight side of one stroke component and a side of another stroke component are not printed with objectionable rounding, which includes the steps of
- forming a generally V-shaped cut-in at said inside corner and forming a spur at said outside corner,
- dimensioning said cut-in and spur so that the printed letter is formed without objectionable rounding at said inside and outside corners and printing said character on a receiving surface so that the resulting printed character is free of cut-in, spur and objectionable rounding at said inside and outside corners.
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