Chapter 14 Vocabulary

2. printer’s basic unit of linear measurement. Twelve points equal one pica; six picas equal one inch.
4. ancient process of composing a printed page from individual letters and characters, each formed out of hot lead and produced by a machine called the Linotype.
7. common type of output device attached to a computer. Allows type and artwork to be proofed prior to sending disk to the printer.
11. use of a personal computer, writing and graphics software and page layout software to produce printed material.
13. two-dimensional type that, on the printed page, looks very similar to foundry type, but is produced through the interaction of a computer and a photographic process depositing type onto a strip of photographic paper.
14. horizontal dimension (width) of a particular letter or character as determined by its face element weight---whether it is roman, bold, or italic, in other words.

1. smallest unit of measurement in printing; 1/72 of an inch; 1/12 of a pica.
3. artwork, page layouts, and other materials that are prepared for the photographic printing platemaking process
5. type that is narrower than regular width, occupies less space.
6. decorative strokes found at the extremities of some type faces.
8. area in a printing firm that composes type, prepares art and type for printing, and prints the finished product.
9. the vertical space between each line of type. It takes its name from the practice of using strips of lead to separate lines of type in the days of metal typesetting.
10. ancient form of printing dating, effectively, form Johann Guttenburg and the original printing press. It is characterized by inking the hand-composed individual page of type and pressing the inked type against a blank sheet of paper, producing the printed image.
12. three-dimensional letters and characters formed from hot lead that are used in hand composition to create a page ready for printing.