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  2. Gossamer fabric - Wikipedia

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    Detail of pleated gown made of gossamer. Still from the film The Queen of Sheba (1921) with actress Betty Blythe in a gossamer top. Gossamer fabric is a thin, sheer woven fabric. The structure of the fabric is similar to a gauze. It is usually made of silk, cotton, or wool. The fabric may be coated with rubber to make it waterproof. [1] [2] [3]

  3. Typeface anatomy - Wikipedia

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    The font shown in the example is stressed; this means that strokes have varying widths. In this example, the stroke at the top of the "g" is thinner at the top and bottom than on the sides – a vertical stress. Fonts without any variation in the stroke width are known as monoline fonts.

  4. Windows Glyph List 4 - Wikipedia

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    Windows Glyph List 4, or more commonly WGL4 for short, also known as the Pan-European character set, is a character repertoire on Microsoft operating systems comprising 657 Unicode characters, two of them for private use.

  5. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    The chain thread is the carrier in which the coloured striking thread is woven. In this way, a colourful pattern or image is created. Most weavers use a naturally based chain thread made out of linen or wool. The striking threads can be made out of silk, wool, gold or silver, but can also be made out of any form of textile. tarlatan

  6. Ballooning (spider) - Wikipedia

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    Ballooning, sometimes called kiting, is a process by which spiders, and some other small invertebrates, move through the air by releasing one or more gossamer threads to catch the wind, causing them to become airborne at the mercy of air currents and electric fields. A 2018 study concluded that electric fields provide enough force to lift ...

  7. Monotype typefaces - Wikipedia

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    The font has disappeared except for the matrices in the possession of various printers. Sample sheets of these fonts are particularly difficult to find and are lacking in many collections. A small number of American letter designs are added to the list, designated by "Am" and their number. American matrices differ from those in England.

  8. Spider silk - Wikipedia

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    Indian Summer by Józef Chełmoński (1875, National Museum in Warsaw) depicts a peasant woman with a thread of gossamer in her hand. Spider silk is a protein fibre or silk spun by spiders . Spiders use silk to make webs or other structures that function as adhesive traps to catch prey, to entangle and restrain prey before biting, to transmit ...

  9. Technical lettering - Wikipedia

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    Technical lettering is the process of forming letters, numerals, and other characters in technical drawing. It is used to describe, or provide detailed specifications for, an object. With the goals of legibility and uniformity, styles are standardized and lettering ability has little relationship to normal writing ability.