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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 »
Date 28 September 2004 (from Exif metadata)
Source http://www.sxc.hu/photo/238776
Author Willi Heidelbach
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English: A set of metal types
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Image title OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Camera manufacturer OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD
Camera model C4100Z,C4000Z
Exposure time 1/4 sec (0.25)
F-number f/8
ISO speed rating 100
Date and time of data generation 21:52, 28 September 2004
Lens focal length 14.8 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time 18:54, 9 August 2006
Y and C positioning Co-sited
Exposure Program Manual
Exif version 2.2
Date and time of digitizing 21:52, 28 September 2004
Image compression mode 5
Exposure bias 0
Maximum land aperture 3 APEX (f/2.83)
Metering mode Pattern
Light source Unknown
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression
Colour space sRGB
Custom image processing Normal process
Exposure mode Manual exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio 0
Scene capture type Standard
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal

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