Publishing

Publishing

Publishing is the process of producing literature, music or information and making it available to the general public.

Industry: Printing & publishing

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Nonpareil

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A six-point type; see font, type. Also, a slug (qv) occupying six-points between lines; see quad, leading, furniture.

Airbrush

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A mechanical atomizer producing an adjustable spray of paint, used especially for retouching (qv) photographs and other design illustrations.

Macro

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A single function for a computer programme that implements a sequence of instructions; this special sequence is actuated by a control-key combination (called a hot-key). See script, batch file, ...

An author's assumed name; the fictitious or counterfeit name under which a writing is published, as derived "other + name". Synonymous with pen name, nom de plume, pseudonym, cognomen, anonym, alias, ...

Charged coupled device (CCD)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Devices used in a camera or scanner that uses arrays of photocells to capture images.

Gather

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Signatures assembled in the proper sequence for binding; also called "stack". Compare quire, imposition, nested, fold lines, F&G; see binding.

Truncation

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The omission of one or more unaccented syllables at the beginning or the end of a line of verse (qv); compare expletive, see foot, rhetorical forms. Also, to trim or abridge a work, as to shorten, ...