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Engin Akyurt Zulmaury Saavedra Tatiana Pavlova Gregory Buzdyk Diego Sanchez Sharon McCutcheon Mathew Schwartz Katsiaryna Endruszkiewicz Velizar Ivanov
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 4. Colophone 8. Bleed 11. Book block 12. Widow/orphan 15. Pagination 16. Running head/running foot 19. Folio 20. Pica, point 23. Leading 24. Crop marks 27. Signature 28. Double truck 31. Ligature 32. Tracking 35. Trim Size 36. Baseline
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Bleed
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Colophon
Books are printed on large sheets which are then folded into signatures. The signatures are gathered to create the book block, which is then trimmed on the top, bottom and the opening side. called the trim size. Thus, the final size of the book is called the trim size. Although a book can be produced in any size, printers and trade practice mostly use the standard basic trim sizes for economy.
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Bleed
Bleed When an image or type is intended to run off the edge of the printed page, it is said to “bleed.” Printers have their very own specifications for how far the image has to extend past the edge of the paper to allow enough room for manufacturing variances. In offset printing it is standard to allow one-eighth inch for bleed. Some digital printers, due to the looser manufacturing standards of their equipment, require one-quarter of an inch for bleed.
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Book Block
The complete interior of a book after the individual signatures have been printed folded and gathered together. Before being covered with a paper cover or hardcover case.
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Widow/orphan
Widow/orphan The first or last line of a paragraph left at the bottom or stranded at the top of a page. Usually considered an aesthetic defect in better typography...
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Pagination
Dividing a book into pages. Then assigning page numbers (folios) to the pages in a specific style of numbering.
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Running head
Running head/running feet Page elements that show the reader where they are in the book. Running heads (at the top of the page) or running feet are (at the bottom of the page).
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Folio
This is what we in the industry call the page numbers in books. Folio is a term derived from the early days of printing. Thus, page numbers at the bottom of a page are referred to as drop folios and pages without page numbers might be referred to as using blind folios (you can’t see them, but they are implied). fter adding page numbers, we might say the pages are foliated.
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Pica, point
Pica, point The printer’s standard unit of measurement for typography and the standard for layouts. he pica is now standardized as onesixth of an inch. There are 12 points in every pica. Used most commonly to denote type size and leading, as in “12 point Minion on 15 points leading.”
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Leading
Leading Quite simply the measurement of space between the lines of type, which is usually measured from one baseline to the next baseline.
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Crop marks
Crop marks Lines on artwork, either digital or mechanical. Intended to show where the reproductions should be cut to achieve the final trim size.
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Signature
Books are printed in multiples of 8, 16 or 32 pages on large sheets of paper. Once the paper has been printed and folded to the size of the book it becomes a signature. If the sheets hold 16 pages, we refer to the book being printed as being printed in “16-page signatures.”
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Double Truck
Double truck An image in a book or in a magazine that extends over two pages, and then across the gutter.
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Ligature
Another carryover from the work of scribes before typesetting was invented. Ligatures join two letters together where the forms of the letters would otherwise create an awkward interletter spacing problem. Frequently used for “fi” “fl” and similar combinations.
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Tracking
Tracking An adjustment offered by typesetting programs that adjusts the overall spacing between letters. Looser tracking is often used for smaller type or type set in small caps. Tighter tracking is common in larger type sizes like those used for headlines.
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Trim Size
Books are printed on large sheets which are then folded into signatures. The signatures are gathered to create the book block, which is then trimmed on the top, bottom and then the opening side. Thus, the final size of the book is called the trim size. Although a book can be produced in any size, printers and trade practice generally use the standard trim sizes for economy.
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Baseline
Baseline The imaginary line on which type sits on top of. Not including the bits that go below the line, like the tail of the lower-case “g” or the tail of the lower-case “p”.
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