NOUN, COUNTABLE |
pica . . . . . . . 1 |
TYPE MEASUREMENTS |
traditional typesize name, later taken as the standard 12 point
measure
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
pica . . . . . . . 2 |
TYPE MEASUREMENTS |
defined (around 1890?) as 0.1660 inch: 6 picas = 0.996 inch
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
pica . . . . . . . 3 |
COLD TYPE COMPOSITION |
in some computers (1980's), pica became 1/6 inch thus 0.4 % more
than historic
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
pica . . . . . . . 4 |
TYPE MEASUREMENTS |
European equivalent of pica is the Cicero (about 7% larger)
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
pica . . . . . . . 5 |
LETTERPRESS COMPOSING |
strip of 12pt lead or reglet: grab a few picas
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VERB |
picking |
PRINTING, ANY PROCESS |
ink too tacky, lifting fibres or coating from paper: fibres
become hickeys
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EQUIVALENT TERM |
pie |
LETTERPRESS COMPOSING |
see printer's pie, pi
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VERB |
pied |
LETTERPRESS COMPOSING |
if you pie a job, the type is spilt or disarranged
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
pigment |
COLOUR WORK, PRINTING INKS |
finely ground solid material: gives colour and opacity to ink
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
pin perforator |
CUTTING & CREASING |
forces a row of pins through a few sheets at a time. Usu treadle
operated.
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
planer |
LETTERPRESS COMPOSING |
flat wooden block: placed on type during lockup and tapped with
mallet
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NOUN, UNCOUNTABLE |
planographic printng |
PRINTING, ANY PROCESS |
producing image from a flat surface, where image area is
chemically different. Usu lithographic.
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NOUN, UNCOUNTABLE |
plaster matrix |
STEREOTYPING, RUBBER STAMPS |
the plaster-cast matrix process places no pressure on the type
and produces a grainless stereo
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ABBREVIATION |
PMS (colour numbers) |
COLOUR WORK, PRINTING INKS |
Pantone Matching System: now named Pantone Colors
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
point . . . . . . 1 |
TYPE MEASUREMENTS |
fundamental unit for type body sizes: the point is defined as
1/12 pica
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
point . . . . . . 2 |
TYPE MEASUREMENTS |
Anglo-American point is 0.013833 inch (1/12 of 0.1660) or 0.351
mm
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
point . . . . . . 3 |
TYPE MEASUREMENTS |
some computers use pica = 1/6 inch: their point has become
0.013889 inch
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
point . . . . . . 4 |
TYPE MEASUREMENTS |
points are also used for spacing and rules: 3pt leads; 1pt rule
face on 2pt body
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
point . . . . . . 5 |
TYPE MEASUREMENTS |
European point (or Didot) is 1/12 of a Cicero (about 0.0148 inch)
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
point . . . . . . 6 |
TYPE MEASUREMENTS |
in practical terms, 36pt is half an inch, and so on: no easy
conversion to metric
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
point size |
TYPE MEASUREMENTS |
size of type body: typeface designed for that body size
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ADVERB |
pointwise |
TYPE MEASUREMENTS |
in the vertical axis of a piece of type: the bowl measures 3.6
pts, pointwise
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ADJECTIVE |
portrait |
LAYOUT AND DESIGN |
type block or image having height greater than width
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
positive . . . . . 1 |
PRE PRESS, COMPUTER LAYOUT |
film or print with image-bearing area in black, non-image white
or clear
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
positive . . . . . 2 |
IMAGES, HALFTONES |
colour film or print with correct (non reversed) colour
renditions
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BRAND NAME |
PostScript |
PRE PRESS, COMPUTER LAYOUT |
Adobe Systems' widely accepted system for defining and outputting
text and images
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NOUN, UNCOUNTABLE |
prepress |
PRE PRESS, COMPUTER LAYOUT |
converting ideas and images into negatives and plates for
printing
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
press check |
WORKFLOW |
final check when job is already on the press: examining first
printed sheets
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NOUN, UNCOUNTABLE |
preview mode |
COLD TYPE COMPOSITION |
for non-WYSIWYG typesetters, a way of seeing page as it will
print
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
printer spread |
LAYOUT AND DESIGN |
pages laid out in the way they will appear on the printing plate
- cf reader spread
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NOUN, UNCOUNTABLE |
printer's pie |
LETTERPRESS COMPOSING |
the mess of types formed when quantity of type is spilt or
dropped: a pied job
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
printmaking |
PRINTMAKING (FINE ART) |
use of elementary forms of printing (etching, litho, letterpress,
woodcuts) for artist-made prints
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
process camera |
PRE PRESS, COMPUTER LAYOUT |
large camera to make full-size negative from artwork:may enlarge
or reduce
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EQUIVALENT TERM |
process engraving |
IMAGES, HALFTONES |
same as photoengraving
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
progressive proofs |
COLOUR WORK, PRINTING INKS |
series of proofs showing each colour printed over previous
colours and singly
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
proof |
WORKFLOW |
a copy of a work in progress, usually for checking and correcting
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ABBREVIATION |
proofer |
PRINTING, ANY PROCESS |
proofing press
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
proofing press |
PRINTING, ANY PROCESS |
a press designed for proofing: usu simplified, perhaps hand inked
or hand fed
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
proofreader |
PROOF READING & CORRECTING |
once called corrector of the press and a greatly prized skill,
now devalued but still important
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
proofreaders' marks |
PROOF READING & CORRECTING |
standardised set of marks used on proof sheet to indicate
corrections needed
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VERB |
proofreading |
PROOF READING & CORRECTING |
reading a proof copy beside the original copy to detect errors in
content or style
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NOUN, UNCOUNTABLE |
proportional spacing |
TYPE FACE DESIGNS |
set-sizes (body widths) varying to suit characters: most printing
types conform to this
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NOUN, UNCOUNTABLE |
pulp |
PAPER MAKING |
raw material for paper making: mainly fibres from wood, paper and
rags
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
pump stop |
LINOTYPE/INTERTYPE LINECASTER |
stop-block under pump lever which moves away to allow casting
only when vyce jaws detect full line
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
punch |
MATRICES FOR TYPECASTING |
an original character carved into tip of steel rod and hardened
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
punch bar |
MONOTYPE COMPOSITION CASTER |
33 cross bars actuated by keybar pips: each bar operates one
ribbon punch
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
punch proof |
MATRICES FOR TYPECASTING |
as each punch progressed, the letter-cutter would proof it to
ensure its fidelity to design
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
quad . . . . . . . 1 |
LETTERPRESS COMPOSING |
spacing material within the line but wider than word spaces: em
quad, 3-em quad
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VERB |
quad . . . . . . . 2 |
LETTERPRESS COMPOSING |
use quads to quickly fill out blank portion of a line: quad the
line [out]
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
quad caps case |
LETTERPRESS COMPOSING |
upper case with four sets of divisions. One use is for founts
withfour face sizes eg Mono Spartan
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
quadder |
LINOTYPE/INTERTYPE LINECASTER |
attachment which can set mats to left right or centre without use
of quad mats
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
quadding stick |
LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH SYSTEM |
stick with slide to quickly infill space at RH end of line
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EQUIVALENT TERM |
quadrat |
LETTERPRESS COMPOSING |
the original term for quad before the abbreviation became the
normal term
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VERB |
quarter bind |
FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
staple front and back covers onto book and cover spine with wide
adhesive cloth
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
quire |
PAPER SPECIFICATIONS |
quantity of paper: 1/20 of a ream so normally 25 sheets
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
quoin |
LETTERPRESS COMPOSING |
wedge or wedging device for locking type, spacing, etc into chase
for printing
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
quoin, mechanical |
LETTERPRESS COMPOSING |
expanding device of metal with wedges, cams, screws, etc
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NOUN, COUNTABLE |
quoins, pair of |
LETTERPRESS COMPOSING |
pair of wooden wedges or cast iron wedges, tightened by knocking
together with a shooting stick
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