| F&G |
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A term in the binding process referring to folding and gathering. |
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| Fan fold |
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Paper folding that emulates an accordion or fan, the folds beingalternating and parallel. |
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| Fatface |
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Type that is quite varied in its use of very thin and very wide strokes. |
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| Felt |
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A cloth conveyor belt that receives papers from the Fourdrinier wire and delivers it to the drier. |
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| Felt finish |
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The smoother side of paper, usually a soft weave pattern used for book papers. |
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| Felt side |
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It is the top side of the sheet in the paper making process that does not lie on the Fourdrinier wire. |
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| Filling in |
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A fault in printing where the ink fills in the fine line or halftone dot areas. |
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| Film |
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Used to make the printing plates with. Output from an imagesetter or taken with a camera. |
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| Film coat |
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Also called wash coat; any thinly coated paper stock. |
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| Finish |
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The surface quality of paper. |
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| Fist |
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A symbol used in printing to indicate the index; seen as a pointing finger on a hand "+". |
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| Fit |
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The registration of items within a given page. |
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| Flash point |
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A term given to the lowest temperature of ignitibility of vapors given off by a substance. |
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| Flat |
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The assemblage of negatives and positives which are used as a composite image to create the printing plate. |
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| Flock paper |
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Paper that is patterned by sizing, and than coated with powders of wool or cotton, (flock). |
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| Floppy Disk |
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A portable computer disk used for transferring information from one computer to another. Type and Artwork can be stored and transferred on a floppy disk. There are different formats. Be sure to tell your printer you are using a Macintosh disk or a PC disk, and what program you used to "build" your info. Also "Syquest Disks" are used for color photos and color separations which hold a lot more information than a 3.5" floppy. |
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| Fluid ink |
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Also called liquid ink; ink with a low viscosity. |
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| Flush cover |
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A bound book or booklet etc. having the cover trimmed to the same size as the text. |
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| Flushed pigment |
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The results of combining a wet ink pigment with a varnish and having the wet pigment mix or transfer over to the varnish. |
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| Foils |
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Papers that have a surface resembling metal. |
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| Font |
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The characters which make up a complete typeface and size. |
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| Fonts |
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All alphanumeric characters and punctuation marks in a particular typeface. Eg. Times Bold. Not a character on "Happy Days", played by Henry Winkler. (that's the "Fonz") |
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| Form rollers |
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The rollers that come into direct contact with the plate of a printing press. |
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| Four Color Process |
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The usual process of printing full color photos. (See CMYK). |
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| Fourdrinier |
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A machine with a copper wire screen that receives the pulp slurry in the paper making process which will become the final paper sheet. |
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| Free sheet |
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Any paper that is free from wood pulp impurities. |
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| Fringe |
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A halo that appears around halftone dots. |
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| Fugitive inks |
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Colors that lose tone and permanency when exposed to light. |
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| Furnish |
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The slurry mixture of fibers, water, chemicals and pigments |
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| Fuzz |
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A term for the fibers that project from the paper surface. |
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