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    An instrument for measuring type height.

     

    Dutch: letter hoogtemeter
    French: Comparateur pour le contrôle de la hauteur de caractères
    German: Satzhöhen-Prüfer
    Spanish: Aparato comparador de la altura de lineas

    Related Term(s): Block gauge

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    thomas gravemaker

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    To be more precise in Dutch: 'Letter hoogtemeter', the tool shown here is specifically made to measure type height, foundry type and Linotype. The block gauge shown higher up should be called: Cliché hoogtemeter', as it has a larger base plate on which the entire block – with the mount – could be checked.

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