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baseline an imaginary line on which the x-height of the type is aligned
cmyk acronym for the four ink colors -- Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (black) -- used in printing [ cmyk color guides ] greeking rules or dummy Latin text used to show the look of a page without having to actually typeset the words grid horizontal and vertical rules used to plan the placement of text and graphics on the page halftone a series of dots obtained by photographing a continuous tone illustration or photograph through a finely ruled screen, that look like gray tones when printed kerning adjusting the space between characters to improve the look of display type layout arrangement of text and graphics on a page [ layout books ] lino, linotronic professional-quality, high resolution output printed from files prepared on a desktop system [ printing checklists ] mechanical type and line art in place on an artboard with an attached overlay that includes instructions for colors, halftones, and any other information to the printer pms acronym for Pantone Matching System, a graphics industry standard spot color printing system [ pantone color guides ] reverse white on a color background rules lines, used as graphics or to represent text screen gray or other tint created by using a percentage of a color type catch-all word used in reference to fonts / typefaces [ typography books ] x-height height of a lowercase letter without its ascendar or descender |
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