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printing terms defined, including typography, typefounding, typesetting, layout and design, workflow, lithography, letterpress. Clear definitions of type measurements like point, pica and em. Every term is designated as noun, verb, etc., and allocated to its field of work.

Glossary of Printing and Typography

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GLOSSARY OF TYPOGRAPHY

OUR NEW INDEX

We've finally done it. Our long term of beta (interim) release is over and the glossary is now in a fully usable form.

Although we have added many new terms and refinements, your suggestions and comments will still be very welcome.

We still have two glossaries, Alphabetic and Thematic, using a common pool of definitions. There are now eight pages in the Alphabetic and eight different themes in the Thematic.

SUGGESTION: HOW TO EXPLORE THIS GLOSSARY

IF YOU KNOW THE NAME OF A TERM, GO TO THE ALPHABETIC PAGE
eg to find PICA choose the Alphabetic Page N-Q. You will find several meanings of this word, and that it is mostly used in TYPE MEASUREMENTS.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE OTHER TERMS ABOUT TYPE MEASUREMENTS
look in the Thematic Glossary about Typecasting and Type Measurements

Choose your alphabetic page here:

A,B : C : DEF : G-K : L,M : N-Q : R,S : T-Z

Or have a look through the Thematic Index and choose a subject:

Then, you may like to see our Index of Glossaries where many other typographic glossaries are described and linked.

THEME FILE	TOPICS COVERED

CHARACTERS, TYPEFACES	CHARACTERS
	LANGUAGE AND USAGE
	CHARACTER PARTS AND STROKES
	TYPE FACE DESIGNS

LAYOUT, PREPRESS, TYPOGRAPHY	LAYOUT AND DESIGN
	PRE PRESS, COMPUTER LAYOUT
	TYPOGRAPHY - GENERALITIES

TYPECASTING, MEASUREMENTS	TYPE MEASUREMENTS
	MATRICES FOR TYPECASTING
	TYPE CASTING
	MONOTYPE COMPOSITION CASTER

MACHINE TYPESETTING, HOT/COLD	LINOTYPE/INTERTYPE LINECASTER
	LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH SYSTEM
	COLD TYPE COMPOSITION

LETTERPRESS COMP, STEREOTYPES	LETTERPRESS COMPOSING
	STEREOTYPING, RUBBER STAMPS

WORKFLOW, IMAGES	PROOF READING & CORRECTING
	WORKFLOW
	COLOUR WORK, PRINTING INKS
	IMAGES, HALFTONES

PRINTING: LETTERPRESS, LITHO	LITHOGRAPHY INCL OFFSET
	LETTERPRESS PRINTING
	PRINTING, ANY PROCESS

FINISHING: CUT, NUMBER, BIND	CUTTING & CREASING
	NUMBERING MACHINES & ATTACHMTS
	FINISHING & BOOKBINDING
	EMBELLISHING

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