PRINTING TERMS GLOSSARY
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- kern
- To selectively adjust the space between characters to improve readability or to achieve balanced, proportional type.
- kerning pair
- A pair of characters for which tighter kerning is automatically applied. Kerning pairs are defined in kerning tables built into most fonts.
- kerning table
- A table built into most fonts containing kerning pairs.
- keyline
- A black border or frame surrounding a color area.
- kicker
- A phrase preceding a headline that provides information about the story.
- kiss fit
- A condition that exists when abutting colors in a knockout come together with no trapping, framing, or keylines.
- knockout
- The process of removing the portion of a background color that lies underneath an object so that the object color will not mix with the background color during printing.
- kraft
- Extremely strong paper used when durability is important. May be unbleached and brown like a grocery bag, bleached, or bleached and dyed.
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