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Below is a full listing of terms related to the printing industry. Click on the heading to jump to the page with the definition of the term you're looking for.


A - D
accent marks, acetate, additional passes, ampersand, artboard, artwork, ascenders, backside printing, baseline, blank stock, blanket, bleed, blind embossing, blocking out, blow-up, body type, bold face type, borders, bottom line, bullets, calligraphy, camera-ready, caps, character, coated paper, cockle, color breakdown, color separation, contact print, crop mark, cropping, deckle edge, de-inking, density, descenders, die cutting, dies, dingbats, double burn, double run, downsetting, duplex paper, dummy

E - I
embossing, engraving, enlargement, envelope flap imprinting, face, flat printing, flop, flush left (or right), foil embossing, foil stamping, font, galley proof, gang run, goldenrod, grain, gripper margin, hairline registration, halftone, hot type, imprint, italic, ink

J - M
justified, kerned type, laser inks, layout, lead edge, leaders, leading, letterpress, letterspacing, light table, line drawing, line gauge, lines of copy, lithography, logotype or logo, m weight, makeready, master runs, mark-up, match color inks, measurement of type, mechanical, mill broke, monograms, multi-color, multiple lots, mylar

N - R
negative, non-photo blue, offset, offset blanket, offset press, one-up, opacity, opaquing, open flap on envelope, optical center, order form, over sized business cards, overlay, overprinting, PMT, padding, pantone matching system, paste-up, pen-and-ink, perma raised, phantom, photo seal, photocomposition, pica, plate, platemaker unit, point, positive, post-consumer waste, pre-consumer waste, press sheet, proofreader's marks, proofreading, proofs, proportion scale, raised printing, ream, ream weight, recyclable paper, recycled paper, reduction, register marks, registration, rerun, reverse, rules, ruling pen

S - W
sans serif, scoring, screens, script, serif, set-off, slitting, small caps, solid waste, stat, stock art, stock supplied, stripping, t-square, technical pen, text, thermography, tick marks, tint, triangle, trim marks, two-up, typesetter, upper case, velox, waste papers, watermark, wax, word spacing



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