Edge of a bound publication opposite the spine. Also called foredge. Also, an abbreviation for typeface referring to a family of a general style.

Halftone in one ink color printed over screen tint of a second ink color. Also called dummy duotone, dougraph, duplex halftone, false duotone, flat tint halftone and halftone with screen.

Inks with colors that retain their density and resist fading as the product is used and washed.

Component of a printing press that moves paper into the register unit.

Soft woven pattern in text paper.

Side of the paper that was not in contact with the Fourdrinier wire during paper making, as compared to wire side.

Ink color used in addition to the four needed by four-color process.

Thickness of film. The most common gauge for graphic arts film is 0.004 inch (0.1 mm).

Thin sheet of plastic bonded to a printed product for protection or increased gloss.

Papers made specifically for writing or commercial printing, as compared to coarse papers and industrial papers. Also called cultural papers and graphic papers.

Screen with ruling of 150 lines per inch (80 lines per centimeter) or more.

(1) Surface characteristics of paper. (2) General term for trimming, folding, binding and all other post press operations.

Size of product after production is completed, as compared to flat size. Also called trimmed size.

Refers to ability of film to be registered during stripping and assembly. Good fit means that all images register to other film for the same job.

Costs that remain the same regardless of how many pieces are printed. Copyrighting, photography and design are fixed costs.

(1) Any color created by printing only one ink, as compared to a color created by printing four-color process. Also called block color and spot color. (2) color that seems weak or lifeless.

Diagram of the flats for a publication showing imposition and indicating colors.

Size of product after printing and trimming, but before folding, as compared to finished size.

Method of printing on a web press using rubber or plastic plates with raised images. Also called aniline printing because flexographic inks originally used aniline dyes. Abbreviated flexo.

To print a sheet completely with an ink or varnish. flooding with ink is also called painting the sheet.

Cover trimmed to the same size as inside pages, as compared to overhang cover. Also called cut flush

Leaf, at the front and back of a casebound book that is the one side of the end paper not glued to the case.

Used in making type more legible by lowering density of an image, while allowing the image to show through.

To foil stamp and emboss an image. Also called heat stamp.

Method of printing that releases foil from its backing when stamped with the heated die. Also called block print, hot foil stamp and stamp.