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    Design Words is a glossary that compiles Graphic Design terminology, where one can find definitions, synonyms and related terms used in Graphic Arts. From typography to printing, editorial to binding, we built — and continuously update — a free resource, valuable for beginners, students, professionals and experts.

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a
  • A to Z
  • accordion fold
  • acetate
  • addendum
  • adhesive binding
  • agenda
  • album
  • align
  • align text left
  • align text right
  • alignment
  • amend
  • anilox
  • annex
  • aqueous varnish
b
  • back
  • back cover
  • back page
  • back printing
  • background
  • backlining
  • backlining canvas
  • bastard title page
  • belly band
  • bible paper
  • bibliographic note
  • bibliography
  • binder
  • binding edge
  • biography
  • bitmap
  • blanket
  • blanks
  • bleeding
  • blind debossing
  • blind embossing
  • blind stamp
  • blind stamping
  • blotting paper
  • board
  • body size
  • body text
  • bolt and screw
  • book
  • book block
  • bookbinder's shears
  • bookbinding
  • border
  • bottom-edge
  • bound in boards
  • braille
  • brochure
  • business card
c
  • C1S
  • C2S
  • calendar
  • calender
  • capital
  • caption
  • card
  • cardstock
  • casting
  • catalog
  • CcMmYK
  • center
  • centered text
  • chapter
  • character
  • chase
  • chemical pulp
  • children's book
  • cicero
  • cliché
  • CMY
  • CMYK
  • CMYKOG
  • CMYKOGV
  • coated paper
  • coating
  • cold glue
  • collating mark
  • colophon
  • Color Art
  • colour
  • colour bar
  • colour gamut
  • colour management
  • colour profile
  • colour proof
  • colour spacing
  • composition
  • compositor
  • compressed
  • computer to film
  • computer to plate
  • concertina
  • condensed
  • control strip
  • corrugated cardboard
  • corrugated paper
  • couché paper
  • counter
  • counter-die
  • countergraphism
  • counterproofing
  • cover
  • covering material
  • crease
  • crop marks
  • CtF
  • CtP
  • cure
  • cursive
  • cut
  • cut out
  • cut-in index
d
  • daily
  • debossing
  • dedication
  • densitometer
  • design
  • desktop publishing
  • dictionary
  • Didot Point
  • die
  • die cutter
  • die cutting
  • digital art work
  • digital composition
  • digital printing
  • digitization
  • dingbat
  • diptych
  • direct printing
  • divider
  • dot gain
  • dots per inch
  • dotted
  • DPI
  • drawing
  • dry rack
  • DTP
  • dummy
  • duotone
  • duplexing
  • dust jacket
e
  • edge
  • edge colouring
  • edge marbling
  • edition
  • editor
  • embossing
  • embossing stamp
  • Encapsulated PostScript
  • endnote
  • endpaper
  • engraving
  • enlarger
  • envelope
  • epitext
  • EPS
  • erratum
  • ethylene-vinyl acetate
  • EVA
  • even page
  • exposed binding
  • eyelet
f
  • fabric
  • facsimile
  • fasteners
  • feed
  • fibre
  • file
  • filigran
  • fillet
  • film
  • finishing
  • first line indent
  • flap
  • flat spine
  • flexibound
  • flexography
  • flood
  • flush left (text)
  • flush right (text)
  • fluting
  • flyer
  • foil
  • foil stamping
  • fold
  • fold gluing
  • fold-out
  • folding
  • folding machine
  • foldout
  • folio
  • font
  • foot margin
  • footnote
  • fore-edge
  • format
  • four over four (4/4)
  • four over one (4/1)
  • four over three (4/3)
  • four over two (4/2)
  • four over zero (4/0)
  • free-standing insert
  • front
  • front cover
  • front page
  • full page
g
  • gang run
  • gap
  • gatefold
  • gather
  • gathering
  • gathering machine
  • ghosting
  • gilding
  • glitter
  • gloss
  • glossary
  • gluing machine
  • glyph
  • gradient
  • grain direction
  • gram
  • grammage
  • graphic arts
  • graphism
  • grippers
  • guide
  • guide book
  • guillotine
  • gum arabic
  • gutter
h
  • hairline
  • half title page
  • half-cut
  • halftone
  • handout
  • hanging indent
  • hardcover
  • head
  • head margin
  • headband
  • header
  • heptachromy
  • hexachromy
  • hickey
  • hollow
  • hologram
  • holographic
  • holography
  • hot glue
  • house sheet
  • hyphenation
i
  • illustrated book
  • illustration
  • image
  • image tracing
  • impose
  • imposition
  • imposition draft
  • imposition scheme
  • imprint
  • in-octavo
  • in-quarto
  • in-sixteen
  • indent
  • indentation
  • indenting
  • index
  • index thumb cut
  • indirect printing
  • ink
  • ink fountain
  • ink set-off
  • inkjet
  • inner margin
  • inner margins
  • insert
  • inserted
  • inserting
  • intaglio
  • Intertype
  • inverted grain
  • invoice
  • ISO 12647
  • ISO 12647-2
  • italic
  • Italtype
j
  • jog
  • joint
  • justifed right
  • justified
  • justified left
  • justified left and right
k
  • kerning
  • knockout
  • kraft paper
l
  • label
  • lace
  • lamination
  • landscape
  • lay-flat binding
  • layout
  • leading
  • left page
  • leftover
  • legal deposit
  • letter
  • letterpress
  • letterpress printer
  • line art
  • line break
  • line leading
  • line of text
  • line of type
  • line space
  • Linotype
  • literature book
  • litography
  • litography printer
  • live area
  • lowercase
  • LPI
m
  • magazine
  • magnet
  • majuscule
  • makeready
  • manual
  • manual typesetting
  • manuscript
  • marbled paper
  • marbling
  • margin
  • marginal note
  • mask
  • matrix
  • matte
  • Mecanorma
  • mechanical pulp
  • mechanical typesetting
  • mesh
  • midtone
  • milled
  • millimetre paper
  • minuscule
  • mobcap
  • model
  • moire
  • monochromy
  • monography
  • Monotype
  • monthly
  • movable type
  • multicolor
n
  • negative
  • newspaper
  • notch binding
  • note
  • notebook
o
  • objective lens
  • odd page
  • offset
  • offset varnish
  • offset white
  • omega
  • on press
  • one over one (1/1)
  • one over zero (1/0)
  • opaque white
  • optical reader
  • original
  • ornament
  • orphan
  • Otabind
  • outdent
  • outer margin
  • overhang
  • overprint
  • overprinting
  • oversampling
  • ozalid
p
  • pack
  • packaging
  • pad
  • pad printing
  • page
  • Page count
  • page height
  • page number
  • paginate
  • pagination
  • Pancromatic
  • Pantone Matching System
  • paper
  • paper bulk
  • paper format
  • paperback
  • paperboard
  • papyrus
  • paragraph
  • paratext
  • parchment
  • parchment paper
  • particle gummed
  • pasting
  • PDF proof
  • perforating machine
  • perforation
  • peritext
  • personal card
  • photocomposition
  • photography
  • photography book
  • photolith film
  • photomechanical reproduction
  • photosetter
  • phototypesetting
  • pixel
  • planographic
  • plastic
  • plate
  • platen
  • plotter
  • plotter proof
  • PMS
  • pocket book
  • polychromy
  • polyurethane
  • polyvinyl acetate
  • post-press
  • poster
  • PostScript
  • preflight
  • prepress
  • press
  • press proof
  • print
  • print production
  • print run
  • print varnish
  • printer
  • printer's spread
  • printing house
  • printing industry
  • printing surface
  • printing unit
  • process colour
  • proof
  • proof machine
  • proofreading marks
  • publication
  • publisher
  • publishing house
  • pulp
  • punch
  • PUR
  • PVA
q
  • quadrichromy
  • quadriptych
r
  • ragged left (text)
  • ragged right (text)
  • rainbow printing
  • RAL
  • raster image
  • rasterization
  • ream
  • recto
  • reducer
  • reel
  • register
  • repaginate
  • report
  • reproduce
  • reproduction
  • resolution
  • reticule
  • retouch
  • reverse out
  • revised proof
  • revision marks
  • RGB
  • ribbon marker
  • rich black
  • right page
  • RIP
  • rivet
  • roll fold
  • roller set
  • roman
  • rotary printing press
  • rotogravure
  • rounded corners
  • rounded spine
  • rubber-band hinge
  • ruled ornament
  • ruling pen
  • running indent
s
  • saddle stitch
  • saddle stitching machine
  • sans serif
  • satin
  • scanner
  • score
  • screen
  • screen printing
  • screen rulling
  • self adhesive paper
  • sensitised paper
  • serif
  • serifed
  • sewing
  • sewn
  • shade
  • side sewing
  • side stitch
  • signature
  • silk screen
  • singer sewing
  • sketch
  • slide
  • small caps
  • smyth sewn
  • snap
  • sort
  • special colour
  • speckle
  • spectrodensitometer
  • spectrophotometer
  • spine
  • spine piece
  • spiral
  • spiral and rings
  • splicase
  • split run
  • spoilage
  • spot colour
  • spot varnish
  • spread
  • stamping
  • standard colour
  • staple
  • stapler
  • station
  • stem
  • stitch and knot
  • subhead
  • subscript
  • superscript
  • swiss binding
t
  • table of contents
  • tag
  • tail
  • tailband
  • text block
  • textured paper
  • thermochromic ink
  • thread
  • thread counter
  • thread sealing
  • three over one (3/1)
  • three over three (3/3)
  • three over two (3/2)
  • three over zero (3/0)
  • three-knife trimmer
  • TIFF
  • tip-in
  • tip-on
  • title
  • title page
  • top-edge
  • top-edge gilt
  • tracing paper
  • translineation
  • trapping
  • tree-free
  • trichromy
  • trim
  • trimmed
  • triptych
  • turn-in
  • two over one (2/1)
  • two over two (2/2)
  • two over zero (2/0)
  • type
  • type area
  • type cabinet
  • type case
  • type metal
  • type ruler
  • typeface
  • typeface family
  • typesetting
  • typo
  • typography
u
  • ultra violet
  • uncoated paper
  • under-run
  • unit varnish
  • unlead
  • uppercase
  • UV varnish
v
  • varnish
  • vector image
  • vectorization
  • versal
  • verso
  • vignette
  • visit card
w
  • water-based varnish
  • waterless [offset printing]
  • watermark
  • web-fed offset
  • white glue
  • widow
  • window
  • wire stitching
  • wire-O
  • work
  • work and tumble
  • work and turn
  • wrapper
x
  • xylography
  • xylogravure
y
  • yearly
z
  • zincography
  • zincogravure
  • zincotypy
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