einfach/doppelt hohe Zeichen

English translation: normal-/double-height characters

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German term or phrase:einfach/doppelt hohe Zeichen
English translation:normal-/double-height characters
Entered by: jccantrell

16:54 Apr 26, 2017
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Medical: Instruments / dosimeter
German term or phrase: einfach/doppelt hohe Zeichen
Hi folks.

Translating the test report for a dosimeter used in the medical field. They are checking whether the units are correct. Then I hit this sentence:

Die radiologischen Einheiten müssen mit einfach hohen Zeichen dargestellt werden, die elektrischen mit doppelt hohen.

So, what are 'einfach hohe Zeichen'?

The pages following are just the fields to be used to record the information and there are no items there that have 'hohe Zeichen' of any kind.

So, does this have to do with height of the font? Or is it that the exponent is squared (doppelt), or what?

So, anybody hit this term before? Any good guesses?

All contributions gratefully accepted.

Thanks for reading.
jccantrell
United States
Local time: 08:02
normal-/double-height characters
Explanation:
For example:
"Je nach verwendetem Zeichensatz sind mit Shift Grafikzeichen oder Großbuchstaben zu erreichen. Durch Erstellung eines eigenen Zeichensatzes kann man jedoch auch Zeichen mit doppelter Höhe (1×2) darstellen: Hierzu wird die obere Hälfte in den Bereich für die normalen Zeichen platziert, die untere Hälfte findet im Bereich für geshiftete oder (ganz nach Bedarf) reverse Zeichen Platz."

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-04-26 18:11:21 GMT)
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And don't forget that Zeichen means character, not specifically number or figure:
http://dict.leo.org/german-english/zeichen
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philgoddard
United States
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Thanks phil, and all the others who commented. This fit my context.
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normal-/double-height characters


Explanation:
For example:
"Je nach verwendetem Zeichensatz sind mit Shift Grafikzeichen oder Großbuchstaben zu erreichen. Durch Erstellung eines eigenen Zeichensatzes kann man jedoch auch Zeichen mit doppelter Höhe (1×2) darstellen: Hierzu wird die obere Hälfte in den Bereich für die normalen Zeichen platziert, die untere Hälfte findet im Bereich für geshiftete oder (ganz nach Bedarf) reverse Zeichen Platz."

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-04-26 18:11:21 GMT)
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And don't forget that Zeichen means character, not specifically number or figure:
http://dict.leo.org/german-english/zeichen


    Reference: http://www.c64-wiki.de/wiki/Zeichen#Zeichen_mit_doppelter_H....
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks phil, and all the others who commented. This fit my context.

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