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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Information ethics

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The branch of ethics which deals with the relationship between the creation, organization, dissemination, and utilisation of information, and the implicit ethical standards and explicit legal codes ...

Jargon

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The specialised vocabulary peculiar to a specific occupation, profession, or social group. Also, obscure or unintelligible communication, as language that is characterised by pretentious vocabulary, ...

Burnisher

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A friction tool, sometimes spring-loaded to ensure consistent pressure, for making something smooth or lustrous; derived from "polish". Print will not smudge after burnishing. See slur, mezzotint, ...

Servicemark

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A proprietary term or symbol (ie: SM ) that distinguishes the provider of a distinctive service. Compare trademark.

Copula

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A verb (ie: be, seem, look, etc) that serves as a connecting link or establishes an identity between subject and complement ; also called "linking verb". See parts of speech. Also, the connecting ...

With the grain

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Parallel to the grain direction of the paper being used. See grain direction, grain long / short paper, cross grain, cracking, paper.

White space

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The designation for the unprinted area of a printed piece or graphical display, regardless of stock or coat color; being the necessary background for contrast with the foreground text or images, but ...