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Dec 27, 2007 16:50
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House style guide (typography)
En signalétique de bâtiment, le logo est en couleur, qu’il soit sur fond blanc, sur verre, sur métal ou sur bois.
Sur des panneaux ou totem, le logo est calé en haut à gauche d’un support blanc. La typographie des indications est en Din (ou Arial), **ferrée** à gauche, en noir 70 %.
Sur des panneaux ou totem, le logo est calé en haut à gauche d’un support blanc. La typographie des indications est en Din (ou Arial), **ferrée** à gauche, en noir 70 %.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | ranged |
Tony M
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| 4 +3 | aligned |
JSB
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| 5 | 'left aligned/ aligned left flush' even better |
BAYN
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| 3 -2 | steel-coated |
Michael H G (X)
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Proposed translations
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1 hr
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ranged
The standard term in graphics / typography is 'ranged (left)' — AKA 'left justified' (although 'justification' can have other, unwanted connotations).
Peer comment(s):
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Martin Cassell
: 's wot i said ...
22 mins
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Thanks, Martin! Yes, indeed, I didn't notice your peer comment at first.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I'm giving the points to Tony because this is the term I used. As Tony gallantly acknowledged, Martin had already referred ro "ranged" but I can't give the points to Martin as he suggested it on another post. Thank you to the pair of you (and everyone else). "
-2
8 mins
steel-coated
une possibilité...
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Martin Cassell
: rien à voir avec le présent contexte de la typographie/charte graphique
35 mins
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I agree with your disagree
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| disagree |
Tony M
: Rien à voir..
1 hr
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I agree with your disagree
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+3
9 mins
aligned
In this context "ferrée à gauche" means "aligned flush left". We could also say "alignée à gauche".
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Martin Cassell
: or (in UK usage at least) "ranged left"
37 mins
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Thank you Mr Cassell.
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| agree |
BAYN
: best is "aligned flush left "
11 hrs
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| agree |
Victoria Porter-Burns
: 'left aligned'
1 day 1 hr
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11 hrs
'left aligned/ aligned left flush' even better
Horizontal alignment determines the appearance and orientation of the edges of the paragraph: left-aligned, right-aligned, centered, or justified.
Discussion
http://www.travail-solidarite.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/MDE_charte_gra...
http://mediamatch.derby.ac.uk/french/develop/graph.htm