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  • noun Plural form of tangency.

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  • Page view page image: applied to the geometry of curves, tangencies, curvature, envelopes and curve tracing.

    The University of Virginia Record 1919

  • Projections, tangencies, and intersections of curved surfaces.

    The University of Virginia Record 1919

  • Projections, tangencies, and intersections of curved surfaces.

    The University of Virginia Record 1919

  • The method is then applied to the geometry of curves, tangencies, curvature, envelopes and curve tracing.

    The University of Virginia Record 1918

  • The projections, tangencies, sections, and intersections of curved surfaces are then taken up, with applications to the determination of shades and shadows on such surfaces.

    The University of Virginia Record 1918

  • The projections, tangencies, sections, and intersections of curved surfaces are then taken up, with applications to the determination of shades and shadows on such surfaces.

    The University of Virginia Record 1917

  • The method is then applied to the geometry of curves, tangencies, curvature, envelopes and curve tracing.

    The University of Virginia Record 1917

  • The projections, tangencies, sections, and intersections of curved surfaces are then taken up, with applications to the determination of shades and shadows on such surfaces.

    The University of Virginia Record 1916

  • The projections, tangencies, sections, and intersections of curved surfaces are then taken up, with applications to the determination of shades and shadows on such surfaces.

    University of Virginia Record 1915

  • I definitely feel that fonts that are composed entirely of tangencies and lines (whether serif or san serif) look mechanical and constructed, living in the level of the letter forms rather than in the level of the language and the emotions being communicated by the choice of typography, whereas fonts carefully formed with curvature continuity with care by the typographer don't exhibit that same constructed feel.

    unknown title 2009

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