Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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copula

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A verb (ie: be, seem, look, etc) that serves as a connecting link or establishes an identity between subject and complement ; also called "linking verb". See parts of speech. ...

continuous tone

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Artwork which may entail the full spectrum of tonal gradations, from dark to light; abbreviated "contone". In order to print graduated artwork on an offset press, continuous tone ...

literati

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Persons of literary or scholarly attainments; also known as "intellectuals". See intelligentsia, immortals, litterateur, poet laureate, writer.

kern

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain Italic letters; see finial, ear, digraph, alignment, font, typeface, typography. Also, to remove a ...

tag image file format (TIFF)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A standard file format commonly used for scanning, storage, and interchange of gray scale graphic images. See tag, graphics, illustration.

internet relay chat (IRC)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An internet service that allows interactive conversations using a keyboard. See chatroom, instant messaging, BBS, UseNet.

backing

Printing & publishing; Publishing

In binding, the process of applying glue to the rounded back of a book prior to affixing a strip of gauzy fabric (ie: crash or super), and followed by a strip of brown-paper ...