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Author Topic: Nomenclature Question Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-12-2010 08:19 AM                        What to you call the marquee items that are more than one letter stuck together to be used as a single word in a smaller space than would be required to spell it out with individual letters? ie: "with" or "and" or "the"  |  IP: Logged Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-12-2010 09:49 AM                     It's been thirty years, but they used to be called "word plates" , or at least the flat style was. I believe the slotted style was called the same, when they were still being made. At least that's what Wagner called 'em.  |  IP: Logged

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