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Boldface

Printing & publishing; Paper

Thicker, visually heavier type vs. Thin visually light type. Darker type.

Blocking

Printing & publishing; Paper

The shearshim of piled printed sheets caused by wet ink.

The process and the resulting line or crease mechanically impressed in the paper to facilitate folding while guarding against cracking of paper and board. Scoring is essential when heavyweight papers ...

Top-sizing

Printing & publishing; Paper

Tub sizing of paper which has previously been beater sized.

Sharpen

Printing & publishing; Paper

To decrease in colour strength, as when halftone dots become smaller; opposite of dot spread or dot gain.

Trim margin

Printing & publishing; Paper

The margin of the open side, away from the bind; also called thumb, face or outside margin.

Wet-strength

Printing & publishing; Paper

Wet strength is measured most accurately as the percentage ratio of wet-tensile strength to dry-tensile strength. Example: a paper containing 30% wet strength actually possesses 30% of its original ...