SEMI-COINING DIES: (for Embossing or Debossing) Complete set consists of one pair (male and female) with little or metal clearance allowed. For the purpose of raising or sinking letters, figures, or designs above or below a stipulated in heavy material.

SHOULDER: This term is used when the surface or land at the base of the lettering is left remaining to the extreme limit of the die blank with no second bevel ground to the lettering.

SPRING RETURN HOLDER:Fixture for retaining a roll die when the periphery of a part is being marked in a screw machine or turret lathe.

STANDARD CHARACTERS: A standard character is a letter or figure engraved so that the width is 60% of the height of the character. (See "Condensed" or "Extended" for other ratios)

STRAIGHT LOGOTYPE: Piece of steel with straight sides engraved with more than one character and used in straight type holder for roll-marking round parts.

STRAIGHT TYPEHOLDER: Tool which has a machined slot or recesses to accommodate straight type.

STRAIGHT TYPE: Piece of steel with straight sides engraved with a single character.

STYLES: (See "Faces of Characters")

STYLUS MARKING: A sharp, pointed instrument used for writing, marking or engraving. Marking is accomplished via a series of impressions (made by a pneumatically driven, computer controlled mechanism) similar to dot matrix printing.

SUNK CHARACTER ENGRAVING: Sunk characters are used on mold work and on engraving piece parts where characters are to be color filled.

SYMBOL STAMPS:Marking tools for impressing a single emblem or design in accordance with a symbol chart standardized by the manufacturer. Symbols carrying letters or figures grouped inside or around the symbol are termed Inspection Stamps.

TEMPLATE: A relatively thin metal plate cut in the shape of the contour or outline of the surface to be machined or engraved.

TIER STYLE: Letters or figures appear one above the other so as to read vertically.

TOOL POST HOLDER: A fixture for retaining roll die when the periphery of a part is being marked in an engine lathe.

TYPE, RADIAL STYLE: Letters or figures engraved singly on steel blanks with tapered sides for collective imprinting in a curved line.

TYPE, SEGMENT STYLE: Letters or figures engraved single on steel blanks tapered on the sides from face to base for collective imprinting in a roll type holder on convex or concave type holder. NOTE: Multi-character type are termed Logotype.

TYPE, STRAIGHT STYLE: Letters or figures engraved singly on rectangular steel blanks dimensioned to close tolerances for collective imprinting in one or more straight lines.

TYPEFACE: The surface of a body of type that makes the impression, including the size, or style of the letter or character on the type.

TYPEHOLDER: A fixture that holds individual type used to compose alpha/numeric characters into desired text. Typeholders can be hand held or mounted in a press. (See Straight Type Holder)

TYPING: This term is used when small amounts of metal are to be displaced in small groups or sections of a die or cavity. Types are similar to what in the marking tool and die industry are referred to as counters with the exception that the typing operation is usually completed entirely by metal displacement, while in countering displacement of the metal is but a first operation to be followed by further material removal.