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    I'm having to explain how stencils work, and how certain letters need to have their counters 'bridged' so that they don't fall out once cut. I dunno, perhaps I've been doing this awhile, but this is a fairly obvious concept, and one I'm surprised I have to make to people in certain well-educated professions.

    To highlight examples, I wrote "(eg. letters such as A, O or P) and the response I've just got was "Why another letter as R, B and D isn’t included? "

    I give up.

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    • hah. I was wondering literally this morning what the term would be for that. 'Bridged'. Ta!set
    • yeah, but what's your rate for bridging?hans_glib
    • Depends how big the job is! :) I've sacked off <this job - the client has no idea what they're doing and is going about it entirely incorrectly.Nairn
    • — no way I'm getting caught up in the flak when they try and do it and realise it's not going to work. Ho hum, that was only 8 wasted emails...Nairn
    • I remember them being called 'breaks' -- school was a long time agoGnash
    • They may well be called that, Gnash - I always put them in single quotes with clients who I've not worked with beforehand.Nairn
    • Ah, yes. In that case I've used "in-between thingies"Gnash
    • bridge is correct (most likely)
      https://graphicdesig…      imbecile
    • bridges and islands, breaks are like highwayssted
    • Build a bridge and get over it.spunji
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