Publishing

Publishing

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

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Footnote

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A note of explanation, emendation, or other commentary placed at the bottom of the same page where the specific part of the text has been referenced, usually by a distinctive mark or a superscript ...

Hue

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A specific gradation or variety of a color. Compare chroma, value; see tint, solid, illustration.

Label

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An inscribed slip or strip used for identification (eg: UPC) or destination (eg: Cheshire, self-adhesive) attachment purposes; derived from "ribbon". See direct mail package.

Drop out

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Halftone dots or fine lines absent or eliminated from highlights by overexposure during camera work, as the lost copy "dropped out". Compare knockout, cutout, reverse; see band, illustration.

Target

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Synonymous with destination, being any file location, database, application mode, storage medium, or hardware device to which processing is directed or output; see object code. Also, an attribute of ...

Selective binding

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The practise of placing signatures or inserts into magazines or catalogues according to demographic or geographic guidelines. With the development of online publications, the user (reader or ...

Dandy roll

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Wire-mesh drum on a papermaking machine that presses watermarks and surface patterns into paper while it is still saturated; derived from fine or excellent. See paper coating.