Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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bourgeois

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An 8.5 point type; see font, type.

progressives

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Color proofs for each stage of printing, showing each color printed singly and then superimposed on the preceding color; also called "progressive proofs". See du Hauron's color ...

department

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Regular columns compiled by staff, and recurring features composed by stringers or freelancers, that appear in successive issues of a newspaper, newsletter, journal, or magazine. ...

incipit

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The introductory words or opening phrase of a text; derived from "begin here". See front matter; compare coda.

crunch

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To extensively manipulate, condense, calculate, or process data (ie: words as "file crunching" or numbers as "number crunching"), especially by computer. See database.

bank

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A lightweight writing paper. See paper.

shell

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A separate piece of program software that provides direct communication between the user and the operating system; also called a "command interpreter". The Macintosh Finder is a ...