Glossary Words - O

From Jacci Howard Bear, About.com Guide

These are just the briefest of definitions of Desktop Publishing terminology starting with O. For more detailed descriptions see the individual page for Oblique, Old Style, Overprint, and all the other O words and phrases.

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Oblique

Sans serif italics...

Most commonly used commercial printing process for the bulk of desktop publishing on paper, using plates, roller, water, and oil-based inks...

A type of paper suitable for printing, (except newsprint and bristol), especially offset printing...

A style of typeface based on early written forms that features elaborate thick to thin strokes and serifs...

A style of font developed by Renaissance typographers to replace the Blackletter style of type...

Numbers with descenders and ascenders that are also smaller then lining figures...

Lightweight paper...

Degree of transparency...

Can't see through it...

A development method for some software...

An extension of the TrueType font format but also can contain PostScript data...

Created from film separations that places each ink color on a separate clear acetate sheet or film material then stacks them together in alignment...

Printing layers of ink...

Clear coating...

Overset text - excess text you can't see in a text frame or table cell...

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Software | Type & Fonts
Business | Paper

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