Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- True Watermark
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A translucent image created in the paper on the paper machine, with the use of a dandy roller.
The image is generally the name of the paper or a company logo and can be viewed from both sides of the paper.
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- TrueType
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Terminology used to define technologies for displaying fonts on monitors and other output devices.
Developed by Adobe, Type 1 defines character shapes mathematically irrespective of size as curves using cubic Bezier polynomials.
A program known as a rasterizer generates the characters as screen images in the required size and suitable for the resolution of the output device.
The system also forms part of the Postscript system for defining the graphical form of documents and is therefore prevalent in the prepress industry.
TrueType is a similar process that is used for Macintosh computers and the Windows operating system.
This technology uses simpler quadratic B-splines for defining the characters.
There have been attempts to converge Type 1 and TrueType, and as a result Version 3 of the Postscript system now also supports TrueType technology.
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- TrueType Fonts
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A computer font format created by Apple Computer to use in place of Adobe PostScript fonts. This font format can be used for bitmapped screen display and vector based output.
They were created to eliminate the need to have two different font formats for screen fonts and printer fonts.
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- TruMatch
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- Truncate
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1. Dropping the decimal point and the numbers to the right of the decimal, without rounding the number.
2. To abbreviate a word by dropping off letters at the end.
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- Trust Centers
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An organization which creates digital certificates and serves as a neutral, trustworthy authority to verify the identity of users or clients.
The correct allocation of a digital certificate to an individual is guaranteed via a certification server, a type of registration authority, which is part of the trust center.
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- Tumble
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The printing on the front and back of a sheet so that the tops of each side are placed at opposite ends from each other.
The top of one page is opposite the bottom of the other.
When reading, you turn the sheet over from top to bottom.
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- Tungsten Light
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Light from regular room lamps and ceiling fixtures, not fluorescent.
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- Turnaround Time
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The accumulated time between receipt of an order and delivery of the finished product.
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- TVI
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Tonal Value Increase
The percent increase in the apparent darkness of an image in the mid-tone range during the production run.
Example: with 15 percent dot gain, a 55 percent halftone will increase to 70 percent.
This increase is compensated for in reproduction by making the image lighter in the color separations. See also “dot gain”.
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- TWAIN
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An industry standard interface that directly accepts image data from external sources such as scanners without having to leave the software applications program.
The external source must be TWAIN compatible.
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- Twenty-Four-Bit Color
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True Color systems use 24 bits per pixel, allowing them to display 16.7 million different colors per pixel.
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- Twisted Pair
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A type of network physical media made of copper wires twisted around each other.
Ordinary telephone cable.
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- Two-Up
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Having two images of a complete item on a layout, negative or plate.
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- Type 1
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Terminology used to define technologies for displaying fonts on monitors and other output devices.
Developed by Adobe, Type 1 defines character shapes mathematically irrespective of size as curves using cubic Bezier polynomials.
A program known as a rasterizer generates the characters as screen images in the required size and suitable for the resolution of the output device.
The system also forms part of the Postscript system for defining the graphical form of documents and is therefore prevalent in the prepress industry.
TrueType is a similar process that is used for Macintosh computers and the Windows operating system.
This technology uses simpler quadratic B-splines for defining the characters.
There have been attempts to converge Type 1 and TrueType, and as a result Version 3 of the Postscript system now also supports TrueType technology.
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- Type 1 and TrueType
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Terminology used to define technologies for displaying fonts on monitors and other output devices.
Developed by Adobe, Type 1 defines character shapes mathematically irrespective of size as curves using cubic Bezier polynomials.
A program known as a rasterizer generates the characters as screen images in the required size and suitable for the resolution of the output device.
The system also forms part of the Postscript system for defining the graphical form of documents and is therefore prevalent in the prepress industry.
TrueType is a similar process that is used for Macintosh computers and the Windows operating system.
This technology uses simpler quadratic B-splines for defining the characters.
There have been attempts to converge Type 1 and TrueType, and as a result Version 3 of the Postscript system now also supports TrueType technology.
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- Type 1 Fonts
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PostScript fonts developed to include in its font description special hinting algorithms that make the fonts more appealing, compact in size and more quickly rendered.
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- Type Family
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A collection of fonts in one design, including the normal, italic, bold, and bold italic variation, in a range of sizes.
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- Type Size
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The height of the characters of a font, measuring from the top of the tallest character to the bottom of the lowest character.
The type size referred to as point size because it is generally measured in points.
The vertical dimensions of a letter, measured in point or millimeter.
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- Type Style
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The characteristic, such as light, bold or italic, of a typeface.
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- Typeface
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The type style or design shared by of a set of characters.
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- Typescript
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A typewritten copy of a work.
It may be the author’s original copy, a typewritten copy of the manuscript, or a typewritten copy done by a professional typist.
See also Manuscript.
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- Typesetter
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1. A piece of equipment that outputs type, generally on photographic paper or film.
2. The person who inputs the type.
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- Typesetting
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The process by which characters are assembled into formatted text for the purpose of producing print originals.
Before typesetting machines were invented, text was set by hand using individual letters of type.
The first major revolution in the typesetting world came in 1882 when Ottmar Mergenthaler patented the Linotype line composing machine.
In the second half of the 20th Century, typesetting moved increasingly towards photocomposition.
Today, typesetting and page make-up are largely computerized in the form of “desktop publishing”.
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- Typographer
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A person skilled in the art of setting or designing type.
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- Typographical System of Units
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A measurement system originally developed by the Parisian typecaster Pierre Simon Fournier in 1737.
The basic unit is the typographical point (abbreviated p), where 1 meter = 2660 points or 1 point = 0.3759 millimeters.
Other units are the nonpareil (6 points), brevier (8 points), cicero© (12 points) and canon (48 points).
These designations stem from type sizes which originally had their own names.
The restructuring of the measurement system in Germany in 1977 brought an end to this system, though it continues to be used in a modified form.
The units have been rounded to 5/100 millimeters.
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- Typography
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1. The study of the design and use of type, the objective of which is to make text as legible and visually attractive as possible, by choosing appropriate typefaces, font sizes and attributes, but also by means of page layout.
The rules of typography for paper are so well developed that further improvements scarcely seem likely, though this is not yet the case for other media such as computer monitors and electronic displays.
2. The style and designing of how the type should be arranged on a printed piece.
3. The art and process of setting or designing type.
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