Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

The industry concerned with the preparation and distribution of printed material to the general public.

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antique finish

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Roughest finish offered on offset paper. See paper coating.

arrow keys

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The keys on the keyboard that are used to move the cursor in the indicated directions (up, down, left, right), and may have other uses in combination with other keys; sometimes ...

deboss

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To incise or depress an image into paper so that it lays below the surface. Compare emboss; see stamp, finish, paper coating.

phrase portable operating system interface (POSIX)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard that defines a set of operating system services. Programs that adhere to the POSIX standard can be easily ...

burn

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To expose a printing plate to light. See double burn, gamma, film, illustration.

column rule

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A light vertical rule used to separate balanced or parallel arrangements of columns of text. The width of the standard newspaper column is thirteen picas (6 pica = 1 inch). The ...