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Hairline Rule

The finest weight of rule used in page layout. The use of Hairline is not recommended. A hairline will reproduce at the finest possible resolution of which the output device is capable. In the case of a desktop 600 dpi printer the rule will print as a fine rule. On a high resolution device such as a Galileo the line will be so fine as not to appear on a print. The Apogee system is set up to convert all hairlines to 0.25 points. Also called a keyline.

Half-scale Black

Black separation made to have dots only in the shadows and midtones, as compared to full-scale black and skeleton black.

Halftone

1. To photograph or scan a continuous tone image to convert the image into halftone dots.

2. A photograph or continuous-tone illustration that has been halftoned and appears on film, paper, printing plate or the final printed product.

Halftone Screen

Piece of film or glass containing a grid of lines that breaks light into dots. Also called contact screen and screen.

Halo Effect

Faint shadow sometimes surrounding halftone dots printed. Also called halation. The halo itself is also called a fringe.

Hansard

The official title of the publications for both Houses of Parliament consisting of the transcript of a day's debate.

Hard Dots

Halftone dots with no halos or soft edges, as compared to soft dots.

Head(er)

1. The margin at the top of the page.

2. The main text title of a publication, usually on the title page.

Head-to-head

Imposition with heads (tops) of pages facing heads (tops) of other pages.

Head-to-tail

Imposition with heads (tops) of pages facing tails (bottoms) of other pages.

Heat-set Web

Web press equipped with an oven to dry ink, thus able to print coated paper. Hexachrome A six-colour printing process. The colours used are Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Orange and Green. Digital Presses may use Purple instead of Green.

Hickey

Spot or imperfection in printing, most visible in areas of heavy ink coverage, caused by dirt on the plate or blanket. Also called bulls eye and fish eye.

High-fidelity Colour

Colour reproduced using six, eight or twelve separations, as compared to four-colour process.

High-key Image (Photograph)

Photo whose most important details appear in the highlights.

Highlights

Lightest portions of a photograph or halftone, as compared to midtones and shadows.

Hinged Cover

Perfect bound cover scored 1/8 inch (3mm) from the spine so it folds at the hinge instead of along the edge of the spine.

HLS

Abbreviation for hue, lightness, saturation, one of the control-control options often found in software, for design and page assembly. Also called HVS.

Homebase

Generic term used to refer to the process by which type is captured in Microsoft Word by home workers for later translation into the Miles typesetting system.

Hopper

Alternate name for the box on a finishing machine where folded sections are loaded in order they can be bound into a publication.

Hot Spot

Printing defect caused when a piece of dirt or an air bubble caused incomplete draw-down during contact platemaking, leaving an area of weak ink coverage or visible dot gain.

House Copy

The single-sided, interleaved copy of a Bill produced for use by the Committee clerks when the content of the bill is being considered by the Committee. It is interleaved to allow the text of amendments to be pasted alongside the clause or schedule amended.

See also AAC copy, AOR copy, 2a copy, and Transfer copy.

HTML (HyperText Mark-up Language)

A method of tagging text in order it can be presented on the internet.

Hue

A specific colour such as yellow or green.

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