eraser dust

Noun

eraser dust (uncountable)

1. The small curls of rubber that are left behind after using an eraser.
   • The brush is needed to whisk eraser dust away. The chief advantage of this eraser is that it may be sharpened to a point to erase a very small area.1989, Webster's New World Secretarial Handbook, →ISBN, page 59
   • It self-cleanses when you knead it with your fingers and leaves your work space free of eraser dust.1999, Rachel Rubin Wolf, Keys to Painting - Fur & Feathers, →ISBN, page 22
2. A finely powdered plastic that is used to clean smudges from pencil drawings.
   • Eraser dust, which can be purchased or made by the conservator by grating an eraser, is sprinkled on a very small section of the area to be cleaned and gently rubbed with a brush.1988, The Library Chronicle of the University of Texas at Austin
   • Eraser dust, a commercially manufactured fine, eraser residue, often is used by draftspersons to keep the drawing free from the inevitable smudges caused when triangles and T squares pick up minute amounts of lead residue and spread it onto other parts of the surface.1990, Dennis J. Sporre, Robert C. Burroughs, Scene design in the theatre, page 152
3. A font that simulates wide hand-drawn letters with a slightly mottled appearance and irregular edges.
   • The handwritten, chalkboard type is called eraser dust.2004, Maria Nerius, Digital Scrapbooking, →ISBN, page 75
   • He is also known for designing dozens of graphic fonts during the early 1990s such as Dragonwick, Dupuy, Eraser Dust, Pixie Font, Polo Semi-Script, Rabbit Bars, and Hosting, to name only a few.2011, James Michael Floyd, Composers in the Classroom, →ISBN, page 238