OVERSTRIKE

Overstrike

In typography, overstrike is a method of printing characters that are missing from the printer's character set. It was widely used around the early 1990s. The character was created by placing one character on another one — for example, overstriking "L" with "-" resulted in printing a "Ł" character.

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overstrike

Noun

  1. A coin that has been overstruck, i.e. coined more than once.
  2. The printing of one character over another, as - on top of L to produce Ł.
  3. overtype (feature where input replaces existing characters instead of being inserted before them)

Verb

  1. To overreach oneself while striking.
  2. To cover up (a design, mark etc.) by stamping another on top of it; to superimpose a mark or logo on (a coin, stamp, etc.).
  3. To strike (something) too hard.


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