Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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type metal

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An alloy for making printing type, consisting chiefly of lead and antimony, and sometimes containing small quantities of tin, copper, zinc, and/or bismuth. See foundry type, hot ...

straight composition

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Copy arranged as both flush left and right; bijustified. See alignment, justify, flush, H&J, feathering, column rule, ragged, indent.

lowercase capital letter (LC)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

See proofreader's marks, compare U&LC.

plot

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The main story or principal theme of a literary or dramatic work; also called "motif". See story line, deus ex machina, foreshadowing, denouement.

work and tumble / work 'n' tumble

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To print a sheet on both front and back so that a different combination of images is printed using a different set of plates by employing opposite gripper edges (qv). Compare ...

distributor

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A company hired by a publisher to make the publisher's books available to the trade (ie: bookstores and wholesalers), often taking the place of a sales and fulfillment department ...

gazette

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A commercial newspaper or a government journal; derived from the price of an issue. See journal, newspaper, catalog, trade journal, organ, periodical.