| I |
| Image area |
That portion of a printing plate that carries ink and prints on paper. |
| Imposition |
The correct sequential arrangement of pages that are to be printed, along with all the margins in proper alignment, before producing the plates for printing. |
| Indicia |
An image and/or text pre-printed on mailing envelopes in place of a stamp. |
| Insert |
A piece of printed material that is inserted into another piece of printed material, such as a magazine or catalog. |
| Italic |
Text that is used to denote emphasis by slanting the type body forward. |
| J |
| Jacket |
Or dust jacket. The paper cover sometimes called the "dust cover" of a hardbound book. |
| Jog |
To vibrate a stack of finished pages so that they are tightly aligned for final trimming or binding. |
| Justification |
Adjusting the spacing or hyphenation of words and characters to fill a given line of text from end to end. Sometimes referred to as word spacing. |
| K |
| Kerning |
The narrowing of space between two letters so that they become closer and take up less space on the page. |
| Keyline |
Lines that are drawn on artwork that indicate the exact placement, shape and size of elements including halftones, illustrations, etc. |
| Kraft |
A coarse unbleached paper used for printing and industrial products. |
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