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F & G
A folded and gathered, but unbound, copy of a book. See also: Check Copy.
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Face
A style of type.
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Face
Margin
See: Trim Margin.
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Facing
Pages
Two pages that face each other when a publication is open.
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Facsimile
An exact reproduction of the original copy; sometimes abbreviated as FAX.
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Fadeout
Halftone
A general reduction in the overall contrast of a halftone, to allow type to
be easily readable when printed over it; also called Ghost Halftone.
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Fake
Duotone
A two color reproduction, using a single halftone negative, usually black,
and halftone screen tint for the background, usually in color.
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Family
All sizes and weights of basic type design; members may vary in weight, width,
or other treatment. For example, a family may include roman, italic, extended
and boldface treatments of a face.
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Fax
Short for Facsimile Transmission, a process of scanning graphic images to convert
them into electric signals which are transmitted to reproduce a recorded
likeness of the original.
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Federal
Express (Fed Ex)
A package air freight service limited to 70 lbs. per package, with specific
delivery areas.
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Fiber
Case
See: Slip Case.
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Figure
(fig.)
An illustration. This may be a drawing, a photograph, a diagram, or a chart.
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Figure
Legend
See: Legend.
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File
Extension
The three character code given at the end of files to indicate the originating
application; a Portable Document Format extension is .pdf
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Filler
(1) Minerals, such as clay and other white pigments, added to paper pulp to
improve opacity, smoothness, brightness and printing capabilities.
(2) Material which can be worked on as time permits, when there is no other
work of greater urgency.
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Film
A thin, transparent plastic sheet that is coated with a photographic emulsion.
After exposure, it is developed and processed to produce either a negative
or a positive.
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Film
Assembly
See: Stripping.
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Film
Lamination
Bonding plastic film by adhesives or heat and pressure, to protect the printed
material and improve its appearance.
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Final
Negatives
Negatives that are right reading, emulsion down.
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Finish
The general surface properties of paper, determined by various manufacturing
techniques.
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Finish
Size
See: Trim Size.
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Finishing
Any post-press operations, such as folding, binding, etc.
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Firewall
Hardware or software designed to isolate one part of the Internet from another.
Typically, firewalls are used to separate proprietary internal networks
from the wide-area public Internet.
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First
Class Mail
Written or typewritten matter, sealed in an envelope and closed against inspection;
limited to a maximum of 12 oz.
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FITS
Flexible Image Transport System. A format for exchange of data, widely used
in the astronomical community.
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Flap
(1) in copy preparation, a single piece of copy used more than once, which
has changes on a piece of paper or an overlay. The copy is then photographed
with the flap up for one page and down for another, with the only differences
being the contents of the flap.
(2) The portion of a dust jacket which wraps inside the front and back covers
and is made visible by opening the cover.
(3) A protective covering of tissue over artwork, that is hinged at the top;
also called Tissue Overlay.
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Flash
Exposure
In halftone photography, the supplementary exposure given to strengthen the
dots in the shadow areas of halftone negatives.
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Flat
(1) An assembled composite of negatives or positives on goldenrod paper or
other suitable masking material, ready for platemaking.
(2) Printed matter or a photograph that is lacking in contrast.
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Flat
Back
A binding on which the spine (back) is not rounded; also called Square Back.
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Flat
Color
Printing two or more colors without overlaying color dots (i.e., without color
trap); individual color matching. This differs from process color, which is
a blending of four colors to produce a broad range of colors.
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Floptical
A type of data storage disc that can generally hold 20 mb of data.
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Fluorescent
Inks
Extremely brilliant inks containing fluorescent pigments.
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Flush
Even with; usually refers to typeset copy.
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Flush
Cover
A book cover that has been trimmed to the same size as the text pages.
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Flush
Left
Typeset copy that is even with the left edge of the printing, or text, area.
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Flush
Left
A form of type alignment where the left side of the text block is parallel
to the edge of the sheet, and the right end of the text block is left uneven;
also referred to as ragged right.
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Flush
Paragraph
A paragraph with no indention; also called Block Style Paragraph.
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Flush
Right
Typeset copy that is even with the right edge of the printing, or text, area.
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Flush
Right
A form of type alignment where the right side of the text block is parallel
to the edge of the sheet, and the left end of the text block is left uneven;
also referred to as ragged left.
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Focoltone
A color-matching system, used by QuarkXPress, Adobe and Adobe Illustrator,
Aldus FreeHand and Page-Maker to create over 700 four-color combinations
to mimic process colors or inks.
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Foil
Tissue-thin material, faced with metal or pigment, used in book stamping with
a stamping die.
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Fold
Marks
Marks added to a negative flat along the margins of a press sheet as a guide
for folding.
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Folding
Endurance
The ability of paper to withstand repeated folding without breaking.
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Foldout
An oversize leaf folded to fit within the trim size of the book and tipped
in.
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Folio
(1) A page number.
(2) Sometimes used to refer to a sheet that has been folded once.
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Font
A typeface with its own unique name, look, and characteristics. The most common
font languages by computers are TrueType and PostScript. (Adobe PostScript
fonts provide the best results in DocuTech printing.)
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Font
In the world of digital type, a font refers to the digital information that
encodes a letter shape. In hot metal type a font is a given alphabet with
all accessory characters in a given size.
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Font
Family
Includes several different styles of type under the same name. These styles
range from the standard roman face to the extra black face, but each face shows
a common basic design. Minion Roman, Minion semibold Italic, etc. . .
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Font
Series
Consists of several sizes of one kind and style of type
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Font
Subset
An encrypted compressed of a portion of the font used in the document. This
font subset contains only the characters actually used in the document.
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Foot
The bottom of a column, page or book.
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Foot
Margin
The margin at the bottom of a page; also called Bottom Margin or Tail Margin.
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Footnote
Reference material usually at the foot of a page, set within the text area
and usually two points smaller in type size than the text.
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Fore
Edge Margin
See: Trim Margin.
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Foreword
A statement forming part of the front matter of a book, often written by an
expert, other than the author, to give the book greater promotability and
authority.
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Form
Any assembly of pages that can be printed simultaneously in a single impression
of the printing press; a flat of imposed negatives.
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Form
952
The Government's Printing Office form designed
to explain the nature of furnished EDPP files.
Commonly known as the "Disk Information Form".
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Form
SF-1
The Government's Standard form for printing and binding requests.
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Format
The size, style, type page, margins, printing requirements, etc., of any magazine,
catalog, book or printed pieces.
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Formatting
Manipulating text and graphics to create a distinctive look. Formatting includes
all elements of a document, such as line spacing, text style, paragraph
style, shading, etc.
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Forwarding
In casebinding, the operations between trimming sewn signatures and casing
in.
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Foul
Proof
Type proof from which corrections have been made and approved.
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Four
Color Process
The printing process in which full-color reproduction is obtained by printing
successive images from photographic plates in yellow, magenta, cyan and black
inks; also called Process Color and Full Color Printing.
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Four
Color Separation
See: Color Separation.
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Four-Sided
Trim (Trim 4)
After folding and gathering is complete, a trim is taken from all four edges
to produce evenly trimmed sheets.
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Fourth
Class Mail
A class of mail which includes domestic parcel post, special catalog mailing
rates, Book Rate and Library Rate.
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Four-Up
East-West Labels
Computer labels which are 4 across, with sequencing in an East-West (horizontal)
direction; this type of label is applied by Cheshire addressing equipment.
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FPO
Short for `For Position Only'. Refers to an illustration positioned on camera
copy to indicate position only, not for reproduction; may be a Xerox copy,
a blueline or a print. The original must be photographed separately, to
be stripped in or used to make a composite negative.
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FreeHand
A graphics software program manufactured by Aldus Corporation.
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Freight
Claim
A loss or damage claim against a carrier.
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Freight
Forwarder
(1) An individual or company accepting shipments from shippers and combining
them for forwarding in carload lots.
(2) An air freight forwarder who acts as an agent, using commercial airlines
and providing ground transportation services.
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French
Fold
A sheet folded twice, with the second fold at right angles to the first.
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French
Spacing
In typesetting, putting extra space after the punctuation and before the start
of the next sentence.
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Front
The edge of a book, opposite the binding edge; also called Thumb Edge or Trim
Edge.
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Front
Cover
The face of a book; also called Cover 1.
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Front
Flap
The inside fold on the front of a dust jacket.
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Front
Guide
On a printing press, the mechanical stop against which the gripper edge of
the sheet is positioned.
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Front
Matter
The pages preceding page 1 of a book. See: Preliminaries (Prelims).
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Fronting
Printing the front side of the sheet.
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Frontispiece
An illustration facing the title page of a book; also called Frontis.
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FTP
File Transfer Protocol. A standard means of transmitting digital information
from one computer to another over modem, or high speed line.
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Fulfillment
The filling and shipping of book orders or serial subscriptions.
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Full
Color Printing
See: Four Color Process.
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Full
Measure
Text set to make a line of type the full width, flush with both margins.
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