Glossary — F
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.
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.
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.
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.