Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/14

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Subject: [Leica] Stereotypes
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 13:00:27 -0600
 
Originates from the Greek word for "solid". It is the name for the "solid"
plates used in printing "soft" books. Stereotype - to fix or perpetuate in
an unchanging form. First referenced in English in 1798.


> From: Robert Appleby <robert.appleby@tin.it>
> 
> (BTW, does anyone
> know what "stereotype" actually derives from? Sounds photographic)