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Business Glossary
From Jacci Howard Bear, About.com Guide
If you're doing desktop publishing as a job or freelance business, these terms may be important to know and understand. Learn the vocabulary of the design business in this subset of the full About.com Desktop Publishing glossary.
All the Glossaries: Full Glossary | Layout & Design | Prepress | Printing & Finishing | Software | Type & Fonts | Graphics | Paper
If you're doing desktop publishing as a job or freelance business, these terms may be important to know and understand. Learn the vocabulary of the design business in this subset of the full About.com Desktop Publishing glossary.
All the Glossaries: Full Glossary | Layout & Design | Prepress | Printing & Finishing | Software | Type & Fonts | Graphics | Paper
AA
AAs or Author's Alterations are changes made to projects...
Brand
Mark of ownership (not just a logo)...
Business Card
A card for your business...
Brochure
Summarizes your product or service...
Certification
Getting a certificate saying you have specific skills...
Cold Calling, Cold Call
Calling on prospective clients without an appointment...
Contract Proof
prepress - printing - proof
Copywriter
The person writing the copy...
Corporate Colors
The colors of business...
Coupon
Voucher for saving money...
Desktop Publisher
Someone who does desktop publishing...
Desktop Publishing
DTP, or publishing with a computer and desktop software...
EULA
What you can or can't do with a font, clip art package, piece of software...
Freelance
Working on your own...
Graphic Design
design term
In-House
Do-it-yourself for businesses...
Logo
Word, symbol, or both that represents an organization or individual...
Model Release
Permission needed when you have people in pictures...
Property Release
It's like a model release for buildings in your pictures...
RFP
Request for proposal...
Type Designer
One who designs type is a type designer...
SOHO
A small business...
Wordmark
A logo of words...
Typesetter
One who sets the type...