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| margin | Space forming the border of a page or sheet |
| matte | Printing paper or lamination finish with a relatively dull, nonreflective surface. Opposite of glosssy |
| mini mag | Special section with a completely different design from the rest of the yearbook |
| minni theme | Use of a secondary unifying concept as contrasted with the overall theme |
| mockup | A paste-up created by cutting out pictures, copy and headlines and positioning them according to a final layout to simulate a finished design |
| mortice | The cutting away of part of a photograph for the insertion of type or another photo |
| mug shot | Portrait, picture of a person's head and shoulders nly |
| natural spread | The middle 2 pages of a printer's signature, which are the nly 2 consecutive pages printed side by side (usually pages 8 and 9) |
| overburn | Process of superimposing dark printing over areas already printed (caption printed on light portion of photo) |
| overexpose | To give too much exposure to film or photograph |
| overlay | Transparent paper covering a layout or photo with instructions for overburning |
| overprinting | Printing one color of ink over another, or the same color |
| page | One side of a leaf of a book |
| page proof | A simulated version of a page showing copy, pictures and artwork which is used for editing purposes prior to printing |
| photo essay | A serios of photos which tells a story |
| pica | Unit of measure in the printing industry. One is equal of 12 points. There are 6 of these to an inch. |
| point | Unit of measure equal to 1/72 inch or 1/12 point |
| point size | The size of a typeface |
