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Glossary Words - L

From Jacci Howard Bear, About.com Guide

Are there Leaders in your Landscape or Lines in your Lithography? Find out when you dig deep into the defintions in this list of L words for desktop publishing.

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Laid Finish

By machine but looks like handmade...

Laminate Proof

prepress - proof

Landscape

Long side up...

Laser

desktop printing

Leaders

Rows of dots...

Leading

Reading between the lines...

Leg

type part

Letter Size

The usual size of paper for letters and letterhead...

Letterpress

commercial printing process

Letterspacing (Kerning)

Space between letters... (also see Tracking

Ligature

Combined letters for special appearance of text...

Lignin

Natural plant component that can cause paper to yellow over time...

Like-sidedness

More or less the same on both sides of the paper...

Linen Finish

Like cloth, but it's paper...

Lines

One of the elements of design...

Lining Figures

1234 all lined up on the baseline...

Link

type part

Linked Text Frame

Linked Text Frame - allows text to flow from one frame to another...

Lithography

commercial printing process

Local Guides

Lines in software that assist in layout...

Logo

Word, symbol, or both that represents an organization or individual...

Loop

type part

Lorem Ipsum

Lorem ipsum dolor placeholder text...

Lowercase

Those little letters of the alphabet...

LPI or lines per inch

Halftone resolution...

Glossary Index


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