Glossary of Technical Terms for Book Design and Printing
D-F
Dash
End Sheet
Deckle Edge
Engraving
Delete
Epigraph
Descender
Errata
Desktop Publishing
Etaoin Shrdlu
Diacritics
Extended
Die, stamping
Extract
Die-cutting
Face
Dingbat
Family
Display Matter
Felt Side
Display Type
Figure
Dot Gain
Film
Dots
Flush
DPI
Flush Paragraph
Drop Cap
Flyleaf
Drop Folio
Foldout
Dropout
Folio
Dummy
Font
Duotone
Foreword
Dust Wrapper
Form
Edition
Format
Editor
Foxing
Elite Type
Fractions
Ellipsis Points
French Spacing
Em
"From Line"
Emphasis
Front Matter
En
Frontispiece
End Matter
Full Binding
Full measure
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