Nicolle Rezwin Type Definitions with Pictures T- Z

 

 

 

 

Tag Image File Format (TIFF).

A computer format for encoding pictures as high-resolution bitmapped images, suchas those created by scanners.

 

 

 Telecommunications.

Sending messages to distant locations;usually refers to communicating by telephone lines.

 

 

 

 

Terminal.

See Video display terminal.

 

 

Text.

The main body of written or printed material, as opposed to display matter, footnotes, appendices, etc.

 

 

 

Text type.

See Body type.

 

Thumbnail.

A miniature image of a page, either a smallplanning sketch made by a designer or a reduction in a page-layout program.

 

 

 

TIFF.

See Tag Image File Format. (see image for Tag image File Format)

Tracking.

The overall tightness or looseness of the spacing between all characters in a line or block of text. Sometimes usedinterchangeably with kerning, which more precisely is the reduction in spacing between a specific pair of letters.

 

Transitional.

Classification of type styles combining aspects ofboth Old Style and Modern typefaces; for example, Baskerville.

 

Type family.

The complete range of variations of a typeface design, including roman, italic, bold, expanded, condensed, and other versions.

 

Typeface.

The design of alphabetical and numerical characters unified by consistent visual properties.

Type-high.

The standard foot-to-face height of metal types;0.9186 inches in English-speaking countries.

 

Typescript.

Typewritten manuscript material used as copy fortypesetting.

 

Typesetting.

The composing of type by any method or process, also called composition.

 

Type specimen.

A typeset sample produced to show the visual properties of a typeface.

 

Typo.

See Typographical error. (see image for typographical error)

 

Typographer.

A firm specializing in typesetting. Sometimes used to denote a compositor or typesetter.

 

 

Typographical error.

A mistake in typesetting, typing, or writing.

 

Typography.

Originally the composition of printed matter from movable type. Now the art and process of typesetting by any system or method

U.C. and l.c.

Abbreviation for uppercase and lowercase, used to specify typesetting that combines capitals with lowercase letters.

 

 

 

 

Undo.

A standard computer command that “undoes,” or reverses, the last command or operation executed.

 

 

 Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

A location pointer name used to identify the location of a file on a server connected to the World Wide Web.

 

Unit.

A subdivision of the em, used in measuring and counting characters in photo- and digital typesetting systems.

Unitization.

The process of designing a typeface so that the individual character widths conform to a typesetter’s unit system.

 

 

Unitized font.

A font with character widths conforming to a typesetter’s unit system.

 

Unit system.

A counting system first developed for Monotype, used by most typesetting machines. The width of characters and spaces are measured in units. This data is used to control line breaks, justification, and interword and interletter spacing.

 

 

 

Unit value.

The established width, in units, of a typographic character.

Unjustified type.

Lines of type set with equal interword spacing, resulting in irregular line lengths. Also called ragged.

 

 

Uploading.

Sending information from your computer to a distant computer. See Downloading.

 

 

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User interface.

The way a computer system communicates with its user; the “look and feel” of the machine as experienced by the user.

Vector-based software.

Software using computer instructions that specify shapes by defining linear elements by specifying starting and ending locations.

 

 

Verso.

In publication design, the left-hand page. Page two (and all even-numbered pages) always appear on a verso. The right-hand page is called the recto.

 

 

Virus.

A computer program that invades computers and modifies data, usually in a destructive manner.

 

Visual display terminal.

A computer input/output device utilizing a cathode ray tube to display data on a screen.Information from memory, storage, or a keyboard can be displayed. 

Web browser.

A utility viewer used to display documents on the World Wide Web, which are usually written in HTML.

 

 

Web page.

A document written in HTML, typically stored on a Web site and accessible through a Web browser.

 

 

 

Web site.

A collection of files on a Web server computer system that are accessible to a Web browser or by Web TV.

 

Weight.

The lightness or heaviness of a typeface, which is determined by ratio of the stroke thickness to character height.

 

 

White space.

The “negative” area surrounding a letter form.See Counter and Counter form.

 

White-space reduction.

A decrease in the amount of interletter space, achieved in typesetting by reducing the unit value of typeset characters. See tracking.

 

Widow.

A very short line that appears at the end of a paragraph, column, or page, or at the top of a column or page.These awkward typographic configurations should be corrected editorially.

 

 

Width tables.

Collections of information about how much horizontal room each character in a font should occupy, often accompanied by information about special kerning pairs or other exceptions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows.

An area of a computer screen in which a single document is displayed.

Woodtype.

Hand-set types cut from wood by a mechanical router. Formerly used for large display sizes that were not practical for metal casting, woodtype has been virtually eliminated by display photographic typesetting.

Word.

In computer systems, a logical unit of information, composed of a predetermined number of bits.

 

Word-processing program.

A computer application used to type in text, then edit, correct, move, or remove it.

Wordspacing.

The spatial interval between words. In setting justified body type, space is added between words to extend each line to achieve flush left and right edges. See Interwordspacing.

  

 

World Wide Web.

A global graphic media system used to exchange data between computer users.

 

WORM.

Acronym for “Write Once Read Many,” usually applied to storage media such as CD-ROMs, which can only be written once but read many times.

WYSIWYG.

Abbreviation for “what you see is what you get”;pronounced Wizzywig. This means the image on the screen is identical to the image that will be produced as final output.

x-height.

The height of lowercase letters in a font, excluding characters with ascenders and descenders. This is most easily measured on the lowercase x.