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Bleed | A design technique in which an object goes up to and beyond the physical edge of the paper |
Bullets | Symbols or graphics used to highlight list items or key points |
Clipboard | temporary storage space for items that have been cut or copied |
Gutter | Space or a margin reserved for binding a document. |
Scaling | Resizing a graphic |
Cropping | Trimming or removing parts of a graphic (working from the edges of the graphic) |
Z-layout | A design layout in which the viewer’s eye scans the page in this shape |
Formatting | Another term for designing, laying out editing and producing a document |
Landscape | Page orientation in which the horizontal dimension is wider than the vertical dimension |
Laser | Type of printer used for creating sharp, camera-ready copy |
Full justification | Type of text alignment used in newsletters to help create a clean look |
Pasteboard | The work surface on the screen that surrounds the actual publication page |
Watermark | A lightly shaded image appearing behind text or other images |
White space | Empty space on a page used to aid the reader by allowing the eye to rest |
wysiwyg | Refers to a display on screen (soft copy) that matches the manner in which it will print (hard copy) |
Scanner | An input device used to digitize photographs for use on a computer |
Facing pages | Two pages that are seen side-by-side when a document is open |
Reverse type | A text enhancement that displays white or light text on a dark background |
Standoff | Term referring to the space between a graphic and the text that wraps around it |
Guides | The nonprinting horizontal and vertical lines used in laying out and aligning objects in a publication. Sometimes referred to as “snap-to” |