Next I want to make a small list of those essential terms a editorial designer you must know for your work (part II):
Page height: Distance between the upper limit of the ascending stroke of the letter from the first line to the last. é is called the "box height."
Raise: Arrangement of the sheets -according to their signatures- of a printed work to form each copy before binding.
Apocryphal: Book or document of which the authenticity of the author who signs it is doubted.
Apostille: Note placed in the margin of the page
Bicolor: Printing in two colors or inks.
Typographic white: Composition material shorter than the characters, which correspond to the non-printed areas: spaces, interlines, squares, etc ...
Coil: Roll of paper that is used in printing on rotary machines.
Nod: Embroidered cord on a ribbon that is placed on the foot and the head of the spine.
Calles: Coincidence of spaces between words in several lines of the same paragraph, forming white rivers in the general appearance of the paragraph. The streets should be avoided.
Chancellor: Cursive script from the XNUMXth century that gave rise to the bastard Spanish typeface.
Cutting: External part of a print or a book that must be cut. It is the opposite part of the spine in any book.
Registration cross: Sign made up of two crossed lines and a circle in its center, which serve as a reference for the successive printing of the different color plates.
Cover: paper, cardboard, cloth or other material, used to protect and hold a group of sheets together.
Thread counter: Magnifying lens used for detailed control of the screen, rosette, and necessary print details.
Unlinear: Zoom in on lines of text by reducing the space between them.
drop down: Parallel Folded Booklet
Double tone: Reinforcement color for better quality when printing a monochrome illustration.
frontispiece: Page or sheet facing or preceding the cover of a book.
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