Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/04

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Subject: Re: Paint or Engraving? Leica--Danny
From: Alfred Breull <puma@hannover.sgh-net.de>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 1997 09:47:52 +0200
 
At 20:36 03.10.1997 -0400, you wrote:

>   I don't read German either but I think that "Gravur die"

die Gravur = the engraving
But a copper engraving is a "Gravur" also. Unfortunately the German meaning
of the word "Gravur" doesn't indicate whether it's engraved or printed.
"Gravur" is a collective name of a cetain type of figures, which can have
the meaning of an engraving also.

Alf