File:Metal movable type.jpg

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English: Note: the plate says - "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog and feels as if he were in the seventh heaven of typography together with Hermann Zapf, the most famous artist of the"

Français : Caractères mobiles d’imprimerie. On peut lire en anglais : « Le renard rapide saute par dessus le chien paresseux (équivalent anglophone de « Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume »), comme s’il était dans le septième ciel de la typographie avec Herman Zapf, l’artiste le plus célèbre du »

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28 September 2004 (from Exif metadata)

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Willi Heidelbach

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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 2 November 2006. It was captioned as follows:

English: A set of metal types

Asturianu: Tipógrafu metálicu

Česky: Kovové tiskařské litery

Cymraeg: Set o teip metal y wâsg.

Deutsch: Bleisatz: Setzkasten mit Winkelhaken

English: A set of metal types

Esperanto: metalaj tipoj por tradicia presado

Español: Caracteres tipográficos en metal.

Français : Caractères typographiques en métal

Galego: Caracteres tipográficos en metal.

Magyar: Nyomdai betűfémek

Italiano: Caratteri tipografici in metallo.

日本語: 金属活字

Norsk nynorsk: Eit sett med metalltypar.

Polski: Kaszta zecerska z czcionkami.

Русский: Набор металлических литер

Slovenščina: Črkovnjak in vrstičnik z ročnim stavkom

Svenska: En uppsättning metalltyper.

Türkçe: Değişik metaller

中文（简体）‎: 金属活字

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Date and time of data generation	21:52, 28 September 2004
Lens focal length	14.8 mm
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Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
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File change date and time	18:54, 9 August 2006
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Date and time of digitizing	21:52, 28 September 2004
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