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Here's What a 'Deckle Edge' Is
Rough or torn edge on paper, normally cut off to a clean edge. Left in place it becomes a decorative feathered edge.
Felt Finish
Paper pressed with felt...
Felt Side
The printing side of paper...
When to Use Spot Colors or Process Colors (or Both)
Bump up your color printing know-how. The more colors of ink, the higher the printing costs usually. Find out when a few spot colors will work vs. using more.
A few letters have finials... do you know which ones
Get the definition and illustration for finials.
Double-Storey a
See what a double storey or finial a is and its parts.
Finish
Finish or finishing can be a surface or an end process.
Flaws
Those little blips and smudges that can make a printing job less than perfect... Learn more about them.
Flexography
Need to print on plastic? You may need flexographic printing. But not just for plastic. Learn how flexography is done and common uses of flexography with respect to desktop publishing and commercial printing.
Flier / Flyer
A handbill, notice on a bulletin board, or similar temporary announcement on a single sheet of paper.
Flood Coating
Why you might want to coat the entire page with ink, varnish, etc.
Flush
It has nothing to do with toilets. Flush your type for a neat edge.
FOB
FOB as it applies to desktop publishing and graphic design usually refers to shipping and transportation costs for finished print jobs. It is also used in magazine publishing with an entirely different meaning.
Foil Embossing
Foil applied to embossed images can make the embossed images really stand out. Gold foil is common but other colors can be used as well.
Foil Stamping
What foil stamping is and how it is used in desktop publishing.
Folio
Folded sheet of paper...
Font
Do you want to know the parts of a font, identify a font, or are you just looking for all the free fonts? Whatever the font you want, start here.
Anti-alias Information
Learn more about anti-aliasing and how and when to use it in your web images.
How to Add Headers and Footers to iWork Documents
Headers and Footers let you add information about your document at the top or bottom of it. For example, you can add a document title, date, and page numbers. They're a necessity for business documents and academic papers. Read my tip to learn how to use headers and footers in Apple's iWork Pages.
Forced Justification
Forcing justification of all lines of text makes everything stretch to fit the margins.
Format
The organization of (or act of organizing) a hard drive, a digital file, a document... Explore the varied meanings of format as used in graphic design and desktop publishing.
FPO
Not too common these days with software and digital printing but you might run into some For Position Only images in a layout. Templates often have FPO images too.
Use Frames, Boxes, Borders with a Purpose
Boxes, borders, or frames are useful design and organizational devices. The problem is that they are just too easy to create. Learn how to use boxes, borders, and frames effectively.
Freelance
Working on your own...
French Folds
This cross-folded pattern can have even or uneven panel sizes...
Encyclopedia of Desktop Publishing and Dictionary of Terms
Explore definitions, illustrations, and overviews of a variety of graphic design, typography, prepress, and printing terms and techniques. Each entry has a brief definition plus one or more links to an expanded and cross-linked dictionary or encyclopedia entry, with tutorials and tips.
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