- 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
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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
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A specific colour such as yellow or green.