Glossary - T

Tabloide

A page half the size of a broadsheet.

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)

A common format for interchanging digital information, generally associated with greyscale or bitmap data.

Template

A standard layout usually containing basic details of the page dimensions.

Text

The written or printed material which forms the main body of a publication.

Text type

Typefaces used for the main text of written material. Generally no larger than 14 point in size.

Thumbnails

The first ideas or sketches of a designer noted down for future reference.

Thirty two sheet

A poster size measuring 120in x 160in (3048mm x 4064mm).

Tint

The effect of adding white to a solid colour or of screening a solid area.

Tip in

The separate insertion of a single page into a book either during or after binding by pasting one edge.

Transparency

A full colour photographically produced image on transparent film.

Trapping

A prepress technique which allows for variation in registration during the press run. This is done primarily by allowing an overlap between abutting colours.

Trim

The cutting of the finished product to the correct size. Marks are incorporated on the printed sheet to show where the trimming is to be made.

Typography

The design and planning of printed matter using type.