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K:

Abbreviation for black in four-color process printing.

Kelvin (K):

A thermometric scale used to measure light temperature. Kelvin temperatures describe lighting sources for viewing and analyzing color. A standard balanced light source, neutral in hue and with the brightness of midday sunlight, measures 5000K.

Kerning:

In typesetting, the process of subtracting space between characters so overall letter spacing appears even.

Kilobyte:

An electronic unit of measurement equal to 1,024 bytes. Kilobytes are abbreviated as “k”.

Knockout:

When type or line art is to be printed over a photograph or other variable color background, the best way to produce a consistent color is to first reverse the type or artwork out of the background and then drop in the desired color. The process is referred to as "knocking out".