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                        ***** LESSON 4A *****

Glossary of terms. The definitions have been kept brief on purpose.

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ANTIQUE paper, an uncoated paper with a rough or matte surface.
ARABIC FIGURES, the familiar form of numerals (11,2,3,4 etc.), also
see Roman numerals.
ART PAPER, glossy, coated paper intended to carry halftone
reproduction by letterpress.
ARTWORK, any black and white or colour original prepared for
reproduction. Also called "mechanicals".
ASCENDER, the vertical stroke, above the x-height, in lower case
letters as b, d, h, etc.
ASYMMETRIC LAYOUT, an off-center arrangement.

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BACKING UP, printing the reverse side of a sheet, ideally so that the
lines of text on one side match the position of those on the other.
BANNER, in newspaper work, a main headline running across the top of
the page. Often used more loosely for the title heading on a journal
or newspaper.
BASE LINE, the line on which both capitals (H) and lower case letters
(x) stand.
BLEED, the area of illustrations, solids, or rules which extend beyond
the trimmed edge of a printed page and the extra width added to
artwork to make bleeding possible.
BODY (type), the space, measured from top to bottom, on which a letter
is set.
BODY (text), the text of your publication excluding banners,
headlines, and sub-heads.
BOLTS, the edges of a folded section of paper before it is trimmed.
BOWL (type), the curved part of rounded letterforms such as B,R,b,p.
BOX, text ruled off on all four sides.
BROADSHEET or BROADSIDE, technically something printed on a full-size
sheet. Commonly used to refer to documents of large newspaper size.

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CAP HEIGHT, the height of capital letters in a font of type.
CAPTION, text describing an illustration.
CENTER SPREAD, the pair of pages that come at the center of a folded
section. (eg pages 4 and 5 of an 8-page section)
COATED PAPER, one with a surface finished with a layer of china clay
to give smoothness.
COLOPHON, text giving production details of a publication.
COLUMN RULE, a fine rule used to separate columns.
CONTINUOUS TONE, see HALFTONE
CONTOUR, a photograph from which all the background has been removed.
CROPPING, cutting an illustration to fit a given area or to remove
unwanted background along the edges.
CROSS REFERENCE, using typographic symbols to to refer the reader to
relevant text within the same document.
CROSSHEAD, a centered subheading.
CUT FLUSH, trimming the cover of a document at the same time and to
the same size as the inside pages.

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DECKLE EDGE, the rough, uncut edge on hand- or mold-made papers.
DESCENDER, the part of a letter which extends below the baseline in
lower case letters.
DISPLAY, (type) large sizes or ornate letter forms not normally used
for continuous text; (layout) the use of large type, rules, and other
devices to present information.
DRAWN-ON COVER, a card cover fixed to the spine of a publication.
DROP, the distance from a chapter title to the first line if text.
DROP CAP, see INITIAL LETTER
DROP-SHADOW, a tint or solid laid to one side of an illustration or
type form to give a shadow effect.

-E-
EM, the square of the body of a type. Sometimes called a "mutton".
EN, half the square of the body of a type. Sometimes called a "nut".
END PAPER, leaves that join the text of a book to the binding.

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FAMILY, (type) a series of alphabets in different weights with the
same design characteristics.
FLUSH LEFT/RIGHT, aligned type to the left or right leaving the other
end ragged.
FOLIO, page number
FONT, in printing the total characters in a complete typeface, caps,
lower case, figures, and punctuation in one size, weight and style.
FOOT, the margin at the bottom of a page.
FULL MEASURE LEFT, text set to the left-hand edge of the column,
without indent.

                     ** CONTINUED IN LESSON 4B **