Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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jump line

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Phrase referring to both carry-over and continue line (qqv) functions.

computer

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The development of computers began in the late 1940s with huge mainframes that used vacuum tube technology. The second generation of computers were built with discrete ...

register

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To place printing properly with regard to the edges of paper and other printing on the same sheet, so as to be "in register". See repeatability, spread, choke, body copy.

knockout

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The blocking, masking, or omission of a color process to prevent overlap or overprint; a form of trapping that normally requires larger than normal display type or image area. See ...

format

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The size, shape, style, or organization of a layout for a published product, with consideration for content, audience, and medium; see formula, stylesheet, master page, template, ...

revue

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, manners and customs are in skits, songs, and dances. See bathos, comedy, interlude, drama.

monologue / monolog

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A prolonged speech or discourse presented entirely by a single speaker, character, or performer. Also, any composition, as a script or poem, in which a single person speaks alone. ...