Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- Four-Sided Trim (4 Trim)
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After the job is printed and folded, a trim will be taken off all four sides to remove any reference or registration marks and give a clean edge to the pile of sheets.
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- Four-Up
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The imposition of four items to be printed on the same sheet in order to take advantage of full press capacity and minimize paper consumption.
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- Fourdrinier
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A paper machine developed by Louis Robert and financed by Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier that produces a continuous web of paper; also the term for the section of the paper machine which is a continuous “wire” or belt screen, through which the first removal of water occurs. The point of formation.
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- Foxing
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Refers to the condition of a book; intrinsic to paper, the patchy brownish-yellow spots that discolor plates and pages of a book.
It is most likely caused by lack of ventilation and/or chemical reactions between the paper and microorganisms.
The spots are generally found in 19th century books and can range from barely visible to ruinous.
Also known as foxed.
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- FPO
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For Position Only
Refers to inferior quality copies of art or photos used on layouts to indicate size and placement, but not intended to be reproduced.
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- Fraktur
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A black-letter typeface created in 1517; the most common typeface in Germany until the 20th century though also widespread in countries neighboring Germany to the east and southeast.
Its name (Latin for “broken”) was derived from the broken strokes made when the font was handwritten. Precursors to Fraktur are the Gothic and Schwabacher typefaces.
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- Frame
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A rectangular area absolutely positioned on the display screen; also refers to a single section of a Web page specially coded.
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- Frame Bar
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For the POSTNET bar code, the bar that is displayed at the beginning and the end of the entire bar code and considered the frame for the bar code. It provides the starting and stopping point that is detected as the document travels through the bar code sorter.
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- Frame Decision Lists
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FDL
A file format used in publishing workflow that enables a more efficient and automated process for trapping procedures on new work and a memory capable of storing templates of previous work for future use.
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- Franked Mail
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Also known as Free-Franked Mail. Mail that is sent from Government officials have “franking priviledges” allowing the mail to be sent free of postage.
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- Frankfurt Book Fair
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The most important international book fair of the year, especially for the buying and selling of rights, held in Frankfurt at the beginning of October.
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- Frayed
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Refers to the condition of a book; the unraveling of the threads or fibers of an edge of a book cover that is caused by excessive rubbing.
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- Free Flowing Carbon
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Carbon interleaved in a continuous form that is held in place by crimping along the edges of the form. No gluing is used.
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- Free On Board
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A term indicating that a price quote includes loading a product on a railroad car, truck, aircraft or some other transport vehicle and transporting it to a designated location.
Further transportation from the designated location is not included.
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- Free Sheet
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Paper manufactured with no more than 10% mechanical (groundwood) pulp. Most free sheet paper is completely free of mechanical pulp.
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- FreeHand
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A professional graphics program produced by Macromedia. We use FreeHand for all of our graphic design work such as logos and drawings. We then either print directly from FreeHand or export the graphics to PageMaker or QuarkXPress.
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- Freelance
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To work on a client-by-client and job-by-job basis, as opposed to being employed full-time by one particular company.
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- Freelance Contract
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The agreement between a publication and a freelance writer regarding rights purchased, kill fees, article length, etc.
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- Freelance Writer
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Writer whose work is published in a variety of media, but is self-employed instead of being a staff member.
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- Freeness
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A term used to define how quickly water is drained from the pulp. The opposite of freeness is slowness. Freeness or slowness is the function of beating or refining.
Freeness and slowness reported in ml CSF and degree SR respectively are also the measurement of degree of refining or beating.
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- Freeware
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Software available free of charge for download and use on the Internet or through users groups. Also referred to as Public Domain Software.
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- Freezer Adhesive
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An adhesive designed to work on hard to label surfaces in below freezing temperatures. It is generally removable at room temperature.
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- Freight On Board
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A term indicating that a price quote includes loading a product on a railroad car, truck, aircraft or some other transport vehicle and transporting it to a designated location. Further transportation from the designated location is not included.
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- French Fold
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A sheet which has been printed on one side only and then folded twice in right angles to form a four page uncut section.
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- Frequency
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- Frequently Asked Questions
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FAQ
A listing of the most commonly received queries on a website to which users may refer to in order to check if their question has already been asked and to hopefully get an answer.
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- Fringe
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- Front -Of-The-Book
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The beginning pages of a magazine, usually consisting of shorter editorial material, such as columns and departments.
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- Front End System
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1. The computer hardware and software used to create pages with text and graphics.
2. In client/server applications, the client part of the program is often called the front end and the server part is called the back end.
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- Front Free-Endpaper
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The free or loose half of the pasted-down double leaf that is found at the very beginning of a book.
The other half of the leaf, the pasted down portion, is attached to the board.
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