Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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charged coupled device (CCD)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Devices used in a camera or scanner that uses arrays of photocells to capture images.

gather

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Signatures assembled in the proper sequence for binding; also called "stack". Compare quire, imposition, nested, fold lines, F&G; see binding.

truncation

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The omission of one or more unaccented syllables at the beginning or the end of a line of verse (qv); compare expletive, see foot, rhetorical forms. Also, to trim or abridge a ...

design

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To skillfully intervene in generative events so as to achieve a desired result. Also, an organized outline or detailed scheme for the form and structure of something to be ...

for your information (FYI)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An advice or data copy; also called "head's up" or notice. Compare RFC.

end mark

Printing & publishing; Publishing

See end sign.

basement

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The lower portion or bottom half of the sheet on the front-page of a newspaper (qv); being the area "below the fold" reserved for less important stories. See foot, attic.