








Glossary beginning with T
Glossary of Print Terms
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- Trap
Trapping is the practice of overlapping two dissimilar colors that meet flush with each other to avoid gaps in coverage caused by misregistration.
- Trim
The processes of cutting the excess paper from the edges of a press sheet. This is automated in production but often done by hand when proofing.
- Trim Marks
Marks printed on a press sheet indicating where a piece is to be cut.
- Trim Size
the final size of a book after it has been bound and trimmed.
- Type Face
A style or design of type. Type Face encompasses shape, weight and proportions that make it distinct from other type faces.
- Type Family
All sizes and weights of a basic type design. Members of a type family may vary in weight, width, or other treatment. A family may include roman, italic, extended, boldface, oblique or heavy treatments of a type face, among others. (Also called font family) EX: Helvetica is a type family / Helvetica Bold is a type face.