Basically my understanding. regards... Dick Gifford DarkroomMagic wrote: > 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. > > ***** > > Mounting board, matting board and backing board are terms, referring to the > Œraw¹, 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 Œwindow¹ over-mat or just a mat. > Mount is a general term, referring to the mounting style or the entire > assembly but without the frame. > > ***** > > > Any opinions, or are these generally acceptable and understandable? > > > > > > Regards > > > > Ralph W. Lambrecht > ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.