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  2. Parchment - Wikipedia

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    However, when old books and documents are encountered it may be difficult, without scientific analysis, to determine the precise animal origin of a skin, either in terms of its species or in terms of the animal's age. [5] In practice, therefore, there has long been considerable blurring of the boundaries between the different terms.

  3. Wikipedia:Typography - Wikipedia

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    The "new" Windows ClearType font family introduced in Windows Vista has consistent font metrics, but these do not match with the core web fonts listed above, so they need to be scaled when mixed. On Mac, Tahoma and Microsoft Sans Serif have been part of the standard installation of macOS since 2007 ( Mac OS X Leopard ).

  4. Hide (skin) - Wikipedia

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    A hide or skin is an animal skin treated for human use. The word "hide" is related to the German word Haut, which means skin.The industry defines hides as "skins" of large animals e.g. cow, buffalo; while skins refer to "skins" of smaller animals: goat, sheep, deer, pig, fish, alligator, snake, etc. Common commercial hides include leather from cattle and other livestock animals, buckskin ...

  5. List of typefaces - Wikipedia

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    Kurinto Font Folio (open source , pan-Unicode, 21 typefaces, 506 fonts; v2.196 (July 26, 2020) has coverage of most of Unicode v12.1 plus many auxiliary scripts including the UCSUR) LastResort (fallback font covering all 17 Unicode planes, included with Mac OS 8.5 and up) Lucida Grande (Unicode font included with macOS; includes 1,266 glyphs)*

  6. Gardiner's sign list - Wikipedia

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    I. Amphibious animals, reptiles, etc. 15 signs in Gardiner (1957:475f). ... piece of crocodile-skin with spines: ... given a suitable font, can be displayed or ...

  7. Shagreen - Wikipedia

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    The white handle of this tantō (left) is covered with shagreen in its natural form. Two small decorative elephants made of silver and shagreen. Shagreen has an unusually rough and granular surface, and is sometimes used as a fancy leather for book bindings, pocketbooks and small cases, as well as its more utilitarian uses in the hilts and scabbards of swords and daggers, where slipperiness is ...

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  9. Livestock branding - Wikipedia

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    Besides livestock, freeze branding can also be used on wild, hairless animals such as dolphins for purposes of tracking individuals. [17] [18] [19] The brand appears as a white mark on their bare skin and can last for decades. [20] Immediately after the freeze branding iron is removed from the skin, an indented outline of the brand will be visible.