v. t.
To strike beyond. [Obs.]
Overstrike
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(1) To type over an existing character.
(2) A character with a line through it.
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For the word processing mode where newly typed characters replace existing characters (Overtype), see Insert key.
For the typographical presentation of words with a line through the centre, see Strikethrough.
For the term in numismatics, see Overstrike (numismatics).
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In typography, overstrike is a method of printing characters that are missing from the printer's character set. It was widely used around early 1990s. The character was created by placing one character on the another one — for example, overstriking "L" with "-" resulted in printing a "Ł" character.
Many font renderers in computer programs invent missing bold characters by overstriking the normal character with itself, slightly horizontally offset. The horizontal offset is essential, since unlike a typewriter, where repeating a letter in exactly the same space will make it darker, most modern printers will not darken repeated "strikes" to the same space. Actual bold fonts are designed with some features thicker and others the same size as a regular font, so the use of this "fake bold" is considered undesirable from a typographic point of view; some typesetting programs, including Mac OS X's native font chooser and text renderer, go so far as to refuse to fake bold in this way.
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| Translations: Overstrike |
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - stemple et frimærke igen
n. - et frimærke der er stemplet igen
Français (French)
v. tr. - estamper de nouveau (la monnaie)
n. - pièce de monnaie estampée deux fois
Deutsch (German)
v. - aufprägen
n. - Münzprägung
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υπερκαλύπτω (χαρακτήρα), διαγράφω (χαρακτήρα)
n. - (Η/Υ) διακριτή διαγραφή (χαρακτήρα)
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - superponer, volver a sellar una moneda
n. - una moneda resellada, superpuesta
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - prägla om ett mynt
n. - ompräglat mynt
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
重新打印的硬币
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 重新打印的硬幣
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (동전을) 재차 만들다
n. - 재차 만든 동전
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - הטביע כתובת (נוספת) על מטבע
n. - מטבע שהוטבעה עליה כתובת נוספת
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