Glossary

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Feeder

Equipment for feeding and positioning paper sheets in printing presses.

Film

Transparent material made of plastic acetate with a light-sensitive emulsion for recording an image.

Film Negative

A photographic image on film in which the highlights and shadows are reversed.

Film Positive

A black image on a background of clear film.

Finishing

All operations after printing.

Fit

The alignment and registration of individual images or plates within a page.

Flexography

A method of Letterpress printing from flexible rubber or polymer plates.

Fluorescent Ink

Ink that has bright and luminous colour because of the phosphorous chemicals in it.

Fluorescent Paper and Board

A white base paper or board coated with a mixture of fluorescent pigments and binders. The coating is activated by ultraviolet light, usually natural light.

Folio

Page numbers

Font

A set of letters, numbers and symbols that share a unified design. The design is called a typeface.

Four Colour process

A method of printing in full colour by colour separation producing four colour plates for printing in cyan, magenta, yellow and black.

French fold

A sheet of paper that has been printed on one side only and then folded twice to form an uncut four-page section.