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Glossary Words - I

From Jacci Howard Bear, About.com Guide

These are just the briefest of definitions of Desktop Publishing terminology starting with I such as Ink, InDesign, and Italic. For more detailed descriptions see the individual page for each term.

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Illustration Software

Software for drawing illustrations...

Image Editor

Software for editing images...

Imposition

Putting pages in order for printing...

Imposition Proof

For checking that pages are properly imposed before printing...

In-House

Do-it-yourself for businesses...

IND

InDesign file extension...

InDesign

Page layout software from Adobe...

Index paper

Not paper for an index...

India Paper (Bible Paper)

A thin, lightweight, opaque printing paper...

Ink Embossing

Embossing a printed image...

Ink Holdout

Resisting ink absorption...

Inkjet

Method of printing that forms images by spraying tiny droplets of liquid ink onto paper...

Initial Caps

The first letter in a paragraph, enhanced...

Intaglio Printing

Process where the area of the image to be printed is recessed into the surface of the printing plate and the recessed areas are filled with ink...

Inverted Exclamation ¡

A punctuation mark used in some languages, such as Spanish...

ISO Sheet Sizes

Common sizes of sheets of paper used in the graphic arts and printing industry outside of North America...

Italic

Typefaces slant to the right but not an artifically slanted version of an upright Roman face...

Glossary Index


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Specialty Glossaries
Graphics | Layout & Design
Prepress | Printing & Finishing
Software | Type & Fonts
Business | Paper

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