Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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telecon

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Contraction of TELEgraph + CONference, in which principals met at linked stations for long-distance discussion; since applied to any mode of telecommunications conference.

literary magazine

Printing & publishing; Publishing

See little magazine, periodical.

text

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The main body of matter in a manuscript, book, or the like, as distinguished from notes, appendixes, illustrations, and other supplemental matter; derived from "woven pattern" ...

ruby

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A 5.5 point type; sometimes classified as agate (qv). See font, type.

slick

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A contranym, derived from "sleek" / "smooth", meaning both remarkable and tawdry. 'Slick writing' is deft, but glib. A 'slick magazine' is showy but shallow; being all image ...

website / web-site

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A location on the Internet containing HTML documents that can be viewed by using a browser. This web location, identified on a server by a discrete host name, and managed by a ...

endpaper

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A sheet of paper, also called an end sheet, folded vertically once to form two leaves, one of which is pasted flat to the inside of the front or back cover of a book, with the ...