Glossary - The Graphic Design: Reference and Specification - page 206

Silhouette halftone: A halftone image from
which the background has been removed,
usually through masking. Also called out-
line halftone .

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format): Used for
placing images or graphics in documents
created in word processing, page layout,
or drawing programs.

Small caps: Capital letters smaller than
the capital letters in a typeface.

Tint: see value

Tonal range: Difference between the dark-
est and lightest area of a continuous tone
image.

Spoilage: Paper that is recycled as a
result of on-press mistakes and acci-
dents.

Tonal compression: The reduction of the
tonal range in an image to facilitate image
reproduction.

Spot color: see match color

Spread: Slightly enlarging an image to
create a trap. Totally chlorine-free (TCF): A label that

indicates fiber has been produced without
the use of chlorine in the bleaching pro-
cess or is unbleached.

Stet: Latin for “let it stand.” Proofreader's
or editor's indication that an item marked
for correction should remain as it was
before the correction.

Tracking: see letterspacing

Supercalendered: Paper that has passed
through metal and fiber rollers to produce
a smooth, glossy finish.

Trademark: A slogan, name, or identify-
ing symbol used to represent a company,
product or brand.

SWOP (Specifications for Web Offset
Publications): Recommended printing
specifications published every few years
by a committee of graphic arts profess-
ionals.

Transparency: Photographic reproduction
such as a 35mm slide that is produced
with a camera on transparent film.

Transparent ink: Ink that allows for blend-
ing through overlapping colors. Example:
four-color process inks. Symmetry: The correspondence in form

so that parts on opposite sides of a page,
line, or plane appear alike.

Trap: Printing one ink over another so
there is a slight overlap of colors in order
to prevent a colorless gap between adja-
cent colors if they are slightly off register.

T

Text: The body of written material on a
page or document. Also called body copy .

Tray: A relatively shallow folding carton
with a bottom hinged to the wide side and
end walls.

Text paper: Fine printing papers with
a basis weight or grammage that falls
in-between cover and writing or bond
weights.

Tree-free: Includes paper products made
from agricultural residues, nontree fibers
and more recently products made from
minerals and plastics.

Thermography: A method of printing where
a raised impression is created by heat
curing a blend of ink and resin.