PRINTING TERMS GLOSSARY
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- hairline rule
- A very thin typographic rule.
- halftone
- The representation of a continuous-tone image as a series of dots that look like gray tones when printed. Also called a screened halftone because traditionally the original image is photographed through a finely ruled screen, the density of which varies depending on the printer's capabilities. See also AM screening, FM screening, and screening.
- halftone resolution
- The spacing of the dot matrix in a haltone image, usually measured in lines per inch (lpi). Also called the frequency or halftone frequency.
- hang
- To place characters outside the left margin.
- hanging indent
- A paragraph style in which the left margin of the first line extends beyond the left margin of subsequent lines.
- hard copy
- Printed images or information. See also soft copy.
- headline
- The title of an article or story.
- highlight
- The lightest part of an image; that is, the part with the greatest value.
- holdout
- The ability of a paper to hold ink on the surface instead of absorbing it. Papers with good holdout produce sharper printed images.
- hue
- Color name (red, yellow, blue, etc.).
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