[pure-silver] Re: Confusing Terms
- From: "J.R. Stewart" <jrstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:43:42 -0500
Ralph, depending on your intended audience, it may be overkill to try to
distinquish these things with definitions. From a practical viewpoint, I buy
mount/mat board either cut or uncut. If I buy 30x40, I know it's a big sheet
of the stuff and I'll have to resize it to my needs. If I buy uncut mount
board, I know I'll have to cut the window myself. That's how all this
material is sold where I shop.
I've never seen (in my limited experience) reference to Oraw or Owindow, and
would probably be confused by it anyway. If you're trying to define these
terms for the graphic arts industry instead of guys like me, maybe there's
a need to differentiate the words with defintions. For my uses, I need to
use "mount board" or "mat board" (they mean the same to me except that one
is placed over the other), and "cut" or "uncut"..
my two cents worth.
J.R. Stewart
Leesburg, VA
----- Original Message -----
From: "DarkroomMagic" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PureSilverNew" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 12:12 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Confusing Terms
> I¹m preparing a piece on mounting and matting, and studying much existing
> literature on the subject, I ran across many confusing terms. Trying to
> makes sense of all of them and trying to define some standard terms, I
> came
> up with the following descriptions.
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> *****
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> Mounting board, matting board and backing board are terms, referring to
> the
> Oraw¹, stationery materials used.
> Mount-board, mat-board and backboard are usable sheets, cut to size from
> the
> above materials, and removing the window opening from the mat-board, turns
> it lastly into a functional Owindow¹ over-mat or just a mat.
> Mount is a general term, referring to the mounting style or the entire
> assembly but without the frame.
>
> *****
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>
> Any opinions, or are these generally acceptable and understandable?
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> Regards
>
>
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> Ralph W. Lambrecht
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