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  2. Bleed (printing) - Wikipedia

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    Any content that is intended to extend to the edge of the paper must be extended beyond the trim line in order to produce bleed. Bleeds in the imperial system generally are 1/8 of an inch from where the cut is to be made. Bleeds in the metric system generally are 2mm-5mm from where the cut is to be made, often varying by printing company. Some ...

  3. Cricut - Wikipedia

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    Cricut, Inc. is an American brand of cutting plotters, or computer-controlled cutting machines, designed for home crafters. The machines are used for cutting paper, felt, vinyl, fabric [ 2 ] and other materials such as leather, matboard, and wood.

  4. Card stock - Wikipedia

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    Card stock, also called cover stock and pasteboard, is paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing and printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than other forms of paperboard. Card stock is often used for business cards , postcards , playing cards , catalogue covers, scrapbooking , and other applications requiring more ...

  5. Erasing shield - Wikipedia

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    Erasing shields were common accessories used with a typewriter to ease the correction of mistakes, especially on carbon copies, which were prone to smearing if not erased carefully. Typewriters are less used today, but artists continue to use erasing shields when working directly on erasable paper media, such as pencil drawings , charcoal ...

  6. Acid-free paper - Wikipedia

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    The company Hercules Incorporated developed the first alkaline sizing in the 1950s that made acid-free paper possible. [10] Despite the advances in paper making and the identification of and concern around the brittle book problem, it took decades before the adoption of ANSI NISO Standard Z39.48-1984 - Permanence of Paper for Publications and Documents in Libraries in 1984.

  7. Cutting in line - Wikipedia

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    According to one study, a person cutting in line has a 54% chance that others in the line will object. With two people cutting in line, there is a 91.3% chance that someone will object. The proportion of people objecting from anywhere behind the cutter is 73.3%, with the person immediately behind the point of intrusion objecting most frequently ...