PRINTING TERMS GLOSSARY
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- abstract
- A condensation or summary of a larger document.
- accent
- A mark placed over, under, or through a letter to show a different pronunciation.
- achromatic color
- A color with no saturation, such as white, black, or gray.
- additive color primaries
- Red, green, and blue (RGB). These colors are used to create all other colors with direct (or transmitted) light (for example, on a computer or television screen). They are called additive primaries because when pure red, green, and blue are superimposed on each other, they create white. See subtractive color primaries.
- alignment
- The placement and shape of text relative to the margins. Alignment can be centered, flush left, flush right, justified, ragged right, etc.
- alkaline paper
- Paper formed in an acid-free process; long lasting, does not yellow with age.
- AM screening
- Amplitude-modulated screening. Another name for traditional halftone screening. Compare FM screening.
- ampersand
- The character "&" which stands for the word "and."
- anti-aliasing
- In computer graphics, the smoothing of the jagged, "stairstep" appearance of graphical elements. See also jaggies.
- antique finish
- Rough paper finish common in book and cover papers; handmade papers.
- artwork
- Any graphic element in a printing job, including photographs, charts, and drawings.
- ascender
- Stroke of a lowercase letter that extends above the x-height.
- aspect ratio
- In computer graphics, the ratio of width to height of a screen or image frame.
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