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Asymetric print

A series of numbers and/or letters that uses different font sizes.

Anticopy

A security feature that is integrated in the background printing and consists of structures that are modulated in terms of direction and angle. When...

Anti stokes ink

Ink that becomes visible when exposed to infrared light (with a wavelength of approximately 980nm).

Windowed

A vertical strip (made of a synthetic, metallic or other material) added to the substrate during paper production. A strip that is intermittently visible on...

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