Metallic ink
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Description
A printing ink that uses a metallic pigment to produce to give the effect of metallized lettering. One reference recommends the use of Coated paper with preprinted sizing for better adhesion (Roberts and Etherington 1982).
Synonyms and Related Terms
metal ink; encre métallique (Fr.); tinta metálica (Port.)
Resources and Citations
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996