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A list of the most common and used terms in the design industry
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Glossary
A list of the most common and used terms in the design industry
A
A4
Accordion fold
Acetate
Addendum
Adhesive binding
Aesthetic
Against the grain
Agenda
Album
Align
Align text left
Align text right
Alignment
Amend
Anilox
Annex
Anti-offset powder
Aqueous coating
Aqueous varnish
Artwork
Aspect Ratio
Audience
B
Back
Back page
Back printing
Background
Backlining
Backlining canvas
Bastard title page
Belly band
Bible paper
Bibliography
Binder
Binding
Binding edge
Biography
Bitmap
Blanket
Blanks
Bleeding
Blind Stamp
Blind debossing
Blind embossing
Blotting paper
Board
Body size
Body text
Bolt and screw
Book
Book block
Bookbinder's shears
Bookbinding
Border
Bottom-edge
Bound In boards
Braille
Branding
Brochure
Business card
C
C1S
C2S
CMY
CMYK
CMYKOG
CMYKOGV
Calendar
Calender
Capital
Caption
Card
Cardboard
Cardstock
Case Binding
Casting
Catalog
CcMmYK
Center
Centered text
Chapter
Character
Chase
Chemical Pulp
Children'S Book
Cicero
Cliché
Coated Paper
Coating
Cold Glue
Collateral
Collating Mark
Colophon
Color Art
Colour
Colour Bar
Colour Gamut
Colour Management
Colour Profile
Colour Proof
Colour Spacing
Composition
Compositor
Compressed
Computer To Film (CtF)
Computer To Plate (CtP)
Concertina
Condensed
Content
Control Strip
Copy
Corrugated Cardboard
Corrugated Paper
Couché Paper
Counter
Counter-Die
Countergraphism
Counterproofing
Cover
Covering Material
Crease
Creative Brief
Crop Marks
CtF
CtP
Cure
Cursive
Cut
Cut Out
Cut-In Index
D
DPI
DTP
Daily
Debossing
Dedication
Deliverable
Densitometer
Design
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Dictionary
Didot Point
Die
Die Cutter
Die Cutting
Digital Artwork
Digital Composition
Digital Printing
Digitization
Dingbat
Diptych
Direct Printing
Divider
Dot Gain
Dots Per Inch
Dotted
Draft
Drawing
Dry Rack
Dummy
Duotone
Duplexing
Dust Jacket
E
EPS
EVA
Edge
Edge Colouring
Edge Marbling
Edition
Editor
Embossing
Embossing Stamp
Encapsulated PostScript
Endnote
Endpaper
Engraving
Enlarger
Envelope
Epitext
Erratum
Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate
Even Page
Exposed Binding
Eyelet
F
FPO (For Preview Only)
Fabric
Facsimile
Fasteners
Feed
Fibre
File
Filigran
Fillet
Film
Final
Finishing
First Line Indent
Flap
Flat Spine
Flexibound
Flexography
Flood
Flush Left (Text)
Flush Right (Text)
Fluting
Flyer
Foil
Foil Stamping
Fold
Fold Gluing
Fold-Out
Folding
Folding Machine
Foldout
Folio
Font
Foot Margin
Footnote
Fore-Edge
Format
Four Over Four (4/4)
Four Over One (4/1)
Four Over Three (4/3)
Four Over Two (4/2)
Four Over Zero (4/0)
Free-Standing Insert
Front
Front Cover
Front Page
Full Page
G
GIF
Gang Run
Gap
Gate Fold
Gather
Gathering
Gathering Machine
Ghosting
Gilding
Glitter
Gloss
Glossary
Glossy Finish
Gluing Machine
Glyph
Golden Ratio
Gradient
Grain Direction
Gram
Grammage
Graphic Arts
Graphics
Graphism
Grayscale
Grippers
Guide
Guide Book
Guillotine
Gum Arabic
Gutter
H
Hairline
Half Title Page
Half-Cut
Halftone
Handout
Hanging Indent
Hardcover
Head
Head Margin
Headband
Header
Headline
Heptachromy
Hex Code
Hexachromy
Hickey
Hinting
Hollow
Hologram
Holographic
Holography
Hot Foil Printing
Hot Glue
House Sheet
Hue
Hyphenation
I
ISBN
ISO 12647
ISO 12647-2
Illustrated Book
Illustration
Image
Image Tracing
Impose
Imposition
Imposition Draft
Imposition Scheme
Imprint
In-House
In-Octavo
In-Quarto
In-Sixteen
Indent
Indentation
Indenting
Index
Index Thumb Cut
Indirect Printing
Ink
Ink Fountain
Ink Set-Off
Inkjet
Inner Margin
Inner Margins
Insert
Inserted
Inserting
Intaglio
Intertype
Inverted Grain
Invoice
Italic
Italtype
J
JPEG
Jog
Joint
Justified
Justified Left
Justified Left And Right
Justified Right
K
Kerning
Knockout
Kraft Paper
L
LPI
Label
Lace
Lamination
Landscape
Lay-Flat Binding
Layout
Leading
Left Page
Left-aligned text
Leftover
Legal Deposit
Letter
Letterpress
Letterpress Printer
Line Art
Line Break
Line Leading
Line Of Text
Line Of Type
Line Space
Linen
Linotype
Literature Book
Lithography
Lithography Printer
Live Area
Logo
Lorem Ipsum
Low-Resolution
Lowercase
M
Magazine
Magenta
Magnet
Majuscule
Makeready
Manual
Manual Typesetting
Manuscript
Marbled Paper
Marbling
Margin
Marginal Note
Mask
Matrix
Matte
Matte Finish
Mecanorma
Mechanical Pulp
Mechanical Typesetting
Mesh
Metallic Ink
Midtone
Milled
Millimetre Paper
Minuscule
Mobcap
Mock-Up
Mockup
Model
Moiré
Monochrome
Monography
Monotype
Monthly
Movable Type
Multicolor
N
Native File
Negative
Negative Space
Newspaper
Notch Binding
Note
Notebook
O
Objective Lens
Odd Page
Offset Printing
Offset Varnish
Offset White
Omega
On Press
One Over One (1/1)
One Over Zero (1/0)
Opacity
Opaque White
Optical Reader
Original
Ornament
Orphan
Otabind
Outdent
Outer Margin
Overhang
Overprint
Overprinting
Oversampling
Ozalid
P
PDF (Portable Document Format)
PDF Proof
PMS
PPI
PUR
PVA
Pack
Packaging
Pad
Pad Printing
Page
Page Count
Page Height
Page Number
Paginate
Pagination
Panchromatic
Pantone
Pantone Matching System
Paper
Paper Bulk
Paper Format
Paperback
Paperboard
Papyrus
Paragraph
Paratext
Parchment
Parchment Paper
Particle Gummed
Pasting
Perfect Binding
Perforating Machine
Perforation
Peritext
Personal Card
Photocomposition
Photography
Photography Book
Photolith Film
Photomechanical Reproduction
Photosetter
Phototypesetting
Pixel
Placeholder Text
Planographic Printing
Plastic
Plate
Platen
Plotter
Plotter Proof
Pocket Book
Point Size
Polychromy
Polyurethane
Polyvinyl Acetate
Portrait
Post-Press
PostScript
Poster
Preflight
Prepress
Press
Press Check
Press Proof
Print
Print Production
Print Run
Print Varnish
Printer
Printer'S Spread
Printing House
Printing Industry
Printing Plate
Printing Surface
Printing Unit
Process Colour
Proof
Proof Machine
Proofreading Marks
Publication
Publisher
Publishing House
Pulp
Punch
Q
Quadrichromy
Quadriptych
R
RAL
RGB
RIP
Ragged Left (Text)
Ragged Right (Text)
Rainbow Printing
Raster
Raster Image
Rasterization
Rasterize
Ream
Recto
Reducer
Reel
Register
Register Marks
Repaginate
Report
Reproduce
Reproduction
Resolution
Reticule
Retouch
Reverse Out
Reversed
Revised Proof
Revision Marks
Ribbon Marker
Rich Black
Right Page
Right-aligned text
Rivet
Roll Fold
Roller Set
Roman
Rotary Printing Press
Rotogravure
Rounded Corners
Rounded Spine
Rubber-Band Hinge
Rule Of Thirds
Ruled Ornament
Ruling Pen
Running Indent
S
Saddle Stitch
Saddle Stitching Machine
Sans-Serif
Satin Finish
Scanner
Score
Screen
Screen Printing
Screen Ruling
Self-Adhesive Paper
Sensitised Paper
Serif
Serifed
Sewing
Sewn
Shade
Side Sewing
Side Stitch
Signature
Silk Screen
Singer Sewing
Sketch
Slide
Small Caps
Smyth Sewn
Snap
Sort
Special Colour
Specifications (Specs)
Speckle
Spectrodensitometer
Spectrophotometer
Spine
Spine Piece
Spiral And Rings
Spiral Binding
Splicase
Split Run
Spoilage
Spot Colour
Spot Varnish
Spread
Stamping
Standard Colour
Stapler
Station
Stem
Stitch And Knot
Subhead
Subscript
Superscript
Swiss Binding
T
TIFF
Table Of Contents
Tag
Tail
Tailband
Template
Text Block
Texture
Textured Paper
Thermochromic Ink
Thread
Thread Counter
Thread Sealing
Three Over One (3/1)
Three Over Three (3/3)
Three Over Two (3/2)
Three Over Zero (3/0)
Three-Knife Trimmer
Tip-In
Tip-On
Title
Title Page
Top-Edge
Top-Edge Gilt
Tracing Paper
Tracking
Translineation
Trapping
Tree-Free
Trichromy
Trim
Trim Size
Trimmed
Triptych
Turn-In
Two Over One (2/1)
Two Over Two (2/2)
Two Over Zero (2/0)
Type
Type Area
Type Cabinet
Type Case
Type Metal
Type Ruler
Typeface
Typeface Family
Typesetting
Typo
Typography
U
UV Coating
UV Varnish
Ultra Violet
Uncoated Paper
Under-Run
Unit Varnish
Unlead
Uppercase
V
Varnish
Vector
Vector File
Vector Image
Vectorization
Versal
Verso
Vignette
Visit Card
W
Water-Based Varnish
Waterless Offset Printing
Watermark
Web-Fed Offset
White Glue
White Space
Widow
Window
Wire Stitching
Wire-O
Work
Work And Tumble
Work And Turn
Wrapper
X
X-Height
Xylography
Xylogravure
Y
Yearly
Z
Zincography
Zincogravure
Zincotypy
Zip File
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Studios & Agencies
Type Foundries
Institutes
Bookshops
Websites
Bibliography
Glossary