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Printing & publishing
The industry concerned with the preparation and distribution of printed material to the general public.
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Printing & publishing; Publishing
The upper junction point in oblique character stems, the meeting of which is less than perpendicular, as in letters A / M / N / W. See font, type, typeface, typography.
copy desk
Printing & publishing; Publishing
The desk at which copy (qv) is edited and prepared for printing, especially in a newspaper or magazine office. See slot, rim, fishbowl, deskman, copyedit, copywriter.
setoff
Printing & publishing; Publishing
The undesirable transfer of wet ink from the top of one sheet to the underside of another as they lay in the delivery stack of a press; also called "offset". Compare scum, ...
island ad
Printing & publishing; Publishing
A display ad set in a text well, or positioned like a call-out or image box, such that it is surrounded by editorial or feature material; often conspicuously positioned in a ...
pointer
Printing & publishing; Publishing
A pointing device that enables the user to select menu items or command options on a display screen for input or output; examples include mouse, trackball, joystick, touchpad, ...
cartridge
Printing & publishing; Publishing
A thick general-purpose paper used for printing, drawing, and wrapping. See paper.
morpheme
Printing & publishing; Publishing
Any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a phrase, a word, or a meaningful part of a word (eg: prefix, infix, suffix, affix), that cannot be divided ...
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