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I want to call them "dielines" because they are for a die but I know that means something else to designers. I don't want to call them "cut lines" because they may also include score or perforation paths. I am currently working on an app that generates SVG designs for cutter/plotters or laser cutters and am having a hard time with naming.

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    ...ermm.. dielines. What else do you think it means?
    – Scott
    Dec 6, 2020 at 5:12
  • @scott - perhaps the OP is confusing it with the homophone"dyelines" which were prints made using a kind of contact printing technology for making copies of line drawings/plans? These were sometimes also referred to as "blueprints" or "diazo prints".
    – Billy Kerr
    Dec 6, 2020 at 10:48
  • Hmm, I heard it could refer to those little L marks on the corners of a print but now that I do more research it seems like that's the right term, whoops, thanks for confirming @scott
    – J. Barca
    Dec 6, 2020 at 16:47
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    @J.Barca those little L shaped marks are called "crop marks". They're used for trimming a print job with a guillotine.
    – Billy Kerr
    Dec 6, 2020 at 18:06
  • @BillyKerr, fun fact: 1977 was the last year a person was guillotined in France.
    – Joonas
    Dec 10, 2020 at 7:58

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Yep, they're called die lines!

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