beep@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoLegend said that the blue part could erase inkwww.pngall.comimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 month agoThe blue part is not intended for use on normal paper. I don’t know how how the paper it’s intended for is called in English, but it is the thick, transparent paper used by architects and engineers.
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoArchitects and civil engineers used to use thin transparent papers, that could be folded or rolled-down much better than normal paper. Graphic designers used to use thicker paper, and of course, people always drew on wood, metals and other kinds of consumables.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoCould be. I said I don’t know the English word for it.
minus-squareWhoIzDisIz@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month ago“Transparencies” would be my guess as the word you’re looking for.
The blue part is not intended for use on normal paper. I don’t know how how the paper it’s intended for is called in English, but it is the thick, transparent paper used by architects and engineers.
Architects and civil engineers used to use thin transparent papers, that could be folded or rolled-down much better than normal paper.
Graphic designers used to use thicker paper, and of course, people always drew on wood, metals and other kinds of consumables.
Drafting vellum?
Could be. I said I don’t know the English word for it.
Either Vellum or Mylar
“Transparencies” would be my guess as the word you’re looking for.