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Registration Mark | a mark (+ or bulls eye) that is used to properly align images on a press sheet or printing plate |
Graphic Communications | a general term for the exchange of information in a visual form, such as words, drawings, photographs, or a combination of these |
Estimation | calculating the quantity, cost of materials, quality, labor and other information to determine the final price of a job |
Copy | the written text to be published in a book, newspaper, or magazine, as distinct from visual material or graphics |
Line Art | a drawing with no grays or middle tones |
Halftone | a photoengraving process by which shading is produced by photographing an image through a screen, then etching a plate so that the shading is reproduced as dots |
Image setter | an electronic device used to output fully paginated text and graphic images at a high-resolution onto photographic film, paper, or plates |
Scanner | an input device used to convert an image or text into digital form for storage or display |
DPI | dots per inch |
Margin | a blank space on the left or right edge, or at the top or bottom, of a written or printed page |
Gutter | space between columns of text |
Grid Layout | to control and format consistent page layouts |
Thumbnail Sketch | a simple, rapidly drawn design or idea |