overstrikes
Prints atop existing
Overstrikes are characters typed over other characters, creating a composite symbol.
On typewriters, this was how you produced characters not on the keyboard—typing a hyphen over a colon to make a division sign, or an apostrophe over a period to make a semicolon.
In numismatics, an overstrike is a coin stamped over an existing coin, sometimes leaving traces of the original design visible beneath.
Checking text for mistakes
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- redlineEditorial revision marking
- revisionsAlterations to improve
- copyeditRefine text professionally
markup · annotate · correction · redaction · amendment · emendation · stet · caret
Canceling with a line
- erasureAct of wiping away
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
cancellation · removal · effacement · elimination · excision · voiding · annulment · nullification
Slender ornamental strip
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
- backspaceKeyboard's leftward eraser
- platenPrinting press surface
- keysLock-operating instruments
typebar · mechanical · manual · electric · carbon-copy · onionskin · whiteout · Remington
Nature, symbol, or role
- glyphVisual form of character
- fontCharacter style set
- typefaceLettering style design
- baselineStandard for comparison
CSS · formatting · terminal · typesetting
proofreading
Checking text for mistakes
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- redlineEditorial revision marking
- revisionsAlterations to improve
copyedit · markup · annotate · correction · redaction · amendment · emendation · stet · caret · galley
crossing-out
Canceling with a line
- erasureAct of wiping away
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
redaction · cancellation · removal · effacement · elimination · excision · voiding · annulment · nullification · invalidation
ribbon
Slender ornamental strip
keys · typebar · mechanical · manual · electric · carbon-copy · onionskin · whiteout · Remington · erasing
character
Nature, symbol, or role
baseline · CSS · formatting · terminal · typesetting
overstrikesdeletions
Acts of removing content
erasures · insertions · preservations · additions · clearings
overstrikeserasures
Acts of removing marks
deletions · expungement · obliteration · whiteout · redactions