A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W

Face

Edge of a bound publication opposite the spine. Also called foredge. Also, an abbreviation for typeface referring to a family of a general style. 


Fake Duotone

Halftone in one ink color printed over screen tint of a second ink color. Also called dummy duotone, dougraph, duplex halftone, false duotone, flat tint halftone and halftone with screen. 


Fast Color Inks

Inks with colors that retain their density and resist fading as the product is used and washed. 


Feeding Unit

Component of a printing press that moves paper into the register unit.


Fifth Color

Ink color used in addition to the four needed by four-color process. 


Fine Papers

Papers made specifically for writing or commercial printing, as compared to coarse papers and industrial papers. Also called cultural papers and graphic papers. 


Finish

(1) Surface characteristics of paper. (2) General term for trimming, folding, binding and all other post press operations. 


Finished Size

Size of product after production is completed, as compared to flat size. Also called trimmed size. 


Flat Size

Size of product after printing and trimming, but before folding, as compared to finished size. 


Flexography

Method of printing on a web press using rubber or plastic plates with raised images. Also called aniline printing because flexographic inks originally used aniline dyes. Abbreviated flexo. 


Flood

To print a sheet completely with an ink or varnish. flooding with ink is also called painting the sheet. 


Flush Cover

Cover trimmed to the same size as inside pages, as compared to overhang cover. Also called cut flush 


Flyleaf

Leaf, at the front and back of a casebound book that is the one side of the end paper not glued to the case. 


Folder

 A bindery machine dedicated to folding printed materials. 


Fold Marks

With printed matter, markings indicating where a fold is to occur, usually located at the top edges. 


Foldout

Gatefold sheet bound into a publication, often used for a map or chart. Also called gatefold and pullout. 


Folio (page number)

The actual page number in a publication. 


Form

Each side of a signature. Also spelled forme. 


Format

Size, style, shape, layout or organization of a layout or printed product. 


Form Roller(s)

Roller(s) that come in contact with the printing plate, bringing it ink or water. 


Four-color Process Printing

Technique of printing that uses black, magenta, cyan and yellow to simulate full-color images. Also called color process printing, full color printing and process printing. 


Free Sheet

 Paper made from cooked wood fibers mixed with chemicals and washed free of impurities, as compared to groundwood paper. Also called woodfree paper. 


French Fold

A printed sheet, printed one side only, folded with two right angle folds to form a four page uncut section. 


Full-range Halftone

Halftone ranging from 0 percent coverage in its highlights to 100 percent coverage in its shadows. 


Full-scale Black

 Black separation made to have dots throughout the entire tonal range of the image, as compared to half-scale black and skeleton black. Also called full-range black.