20 Terms
Contributors in Graphic design
Graphic design
flush left
Design; Graphic design
In typography, a paragraph or lines of text are aligned on the left side. Synonymous with the term Left Justified.
foot folio
Design; Graphic design
In book typography, page number that appears at the bottom of a page. Also known as a drop folio.
foot margin
Design; Graphic design
In typography, the amount of blank space allowed between the bottom of the last line of text (or other bottommost page element) and the bottom edge of the sheet.
greeking
Design; Graphic design
In computing, a means of speeding up the display redraw rate of a computer monitor by representing text characters below a certain size as gray lines, boxes, or illegible dummy type.
head
Design; Graphic design
The top of a book, page, or column. In typography, the term head is also an abbreviation for the term heading.
hickey
Design; Graphic design
Any printing defect caused by a particle either of paper or other source of debris attaching itself to the printing plate.
leader
Design; Graphic design
In typography, dots (called dot leaders) or dashes (called dash leaders) that lead the eye from one side of a line to the other.
