- Face Trim:
Area that is trimmed off the front (open) edge of the piece during the binding process.
- Facing Pages:
Two pages that face each other when a publication is open.
- Fifth Color:
A non-process or premixed ink color (commonly referred to as a PMS color) used in addition to the four-color process.
- File Format:
A set of instructions that describe how to store, access, or transmit digital information. Some examples of file formats are: EPS, TIFF, PICT, DCS, JPEG.
- FIM (Facing Identification Mark):
Any one of four patterns of vertical lines on the address side of a reply card used to classify and sort types of mail.
- Final Trim Size:
The finished size of a bound magazine.
- Finishing :
Any post-press operation, such as folding and cutting.
- Flatbed Scanner:
Used to digitize photos and original artwork for import into various types of electronic documents.
- Fluorescence:
The ability of a substance, such as paper or ink, to absorb ultraviolet light waves and reflect them as visible light.
- Flush:
Aligned vertically on the left or right side of a page (flush left or flush right).
- FM Screening:
A method of screening used in printing whereby tonal values are determined by the frequency of the printing dots. This method of screening is called stochastic.
- Foil Stamp:
Pressing a heated die onto a sheet of foil, releasing the foil from its backing and adhering it to a substrate.
- Fold Marks:
Markings that show where a piece will fold when finished.
- Folding Sample:
A proof or mock up that shows how an item folds.
- Folio:
The page number.
- Font:
A complete set of characters and symbols in one typographic design.
- Foot Trim:
Area that is trimmed off at the bottom of the piece during the binding process.
- Foot:
The bottom of a card, page or book.
- Form:
1) The assembly of pages on a printed sheet. When folded, the form is called a signature. 2) A precise card layout which allows cards to be printed and collated in a designated order.
- Four-Color Process:
A printing method that uses the process ink colors of magenta, cyan, yellow and black to simulate the colors in a continuous tone color image.
- FPO (For Position Only):
Refers to inexpensive copies of photos or art used on mechanicals to indicate placement and scaling, but not intended for reproduction.