Sans serif typeface: a typeface that has no serifs, such as Helvetica or Swiss.
The stroke weight is usually uniform and the stress oblique, though there are exceptions.
Scaling: reduction or enlargement
of artwork, which can be proportional (most frequently)
or disproportional. In desktop publishing, optimal
scaling of bitmaps is reduction or enlargement
that will avoid or reduce moiré patterns.
Screen font: low-resolution (that is, screen resolution) bitmaps of type
characters that show the positioning and size
of characters on the screen. As opposed to the
printer font, which may be high-resolution bitmaps
or font outline masters.
Screen (tint): in graphic arts,
a uniform dotted fill pattern, described in percentage
(for example, 50 percent screen).
Script: connected, flowing
letters resembling hand writing with pen or quill.
Either slanted or upright. Sometimes with a left-hand
slant.
Serif: in a typeface, a counterstroke
on letterforms, projecting from the ends of the
main strokes. For example, Times or Dutch is
a serifed typeface. Some typefaces have no serifs;
these typefaces are called sans
serif.
Set width: in typography, the
horizontal width of characters. Typefaces vary
in the average horizontal set width of each character
(for example, Times has a narrow set width),
and set widths of individual characters vary
in typeset copy depending on the shape of the
character and surrounding characters.
Sidebar: in newsletter/magazine
layout, a related story or block of information
that is set apart from the main body
text, usually
boxed and/or screened.
Small caps: capital letters set at the x-height of the font.
SMTP: Simple Mail Transport
Protocol. The protocol and suite of commands
used to exchange email between two servers, usually
running on port 25, or to transfer email from
a client to a server.
Solarization: a photographic
image in which both blacks and whites appear
black, while midtones approach white.
Solid: lines of type with no space between the
lines (unleaded).
Spot color separation: for offset
printing, separation of solid premixed ink colors
(for example, green, brown, light blue, etc.);
used when the areas to be colored are not adjacent.
Spot color separations can be indicated on the
tissue cover of the mechanical, or made with
overlays.
Spread: in a double-sided document,
the combination of two facing pages, which are
designed as a unit. Also, the adjacent inside
panels of a brochure when opened.
Standing elements or STET :
in page design, elements that repeat exactly
from page to page, not only in terms of style,
but also in terms of page position and content.
The most commonly used standing elements are
page headers or footers, with automatic page
numbers.
Standoff: the amount of space
between a block of text and a graphic, or between
two blocks of text that wrap.
Stress: in a typeface, the
axis around which the strokes are drawn: oblique (negative or positive) or vertical. Not to be
confused with the angle of the strokes themselves
(for instance, italics are made with slanted
strokes, but may not have oblique stress).
Stroke weight: in a typeface,
the amount of contrast between thick and thin
strokes. Different typefaces have distinguishing
stroke-weight characteristics.
Style sheet: in desktop publishing
program, style sheets contain the typographic
specifications to be associated with tagged text.
They can be used to set up titles, headings,
and the attributes of blocks of text, such as
lists, tables, and text associated with illustrations.
The use of style sheets is a fast and efficient
way to insure that all comparable elements are
consistent.
Subhead: a secondary phrase
usually following a headline. Display line(s)
of lesser size and importance than the main headline(s).
Subscript: a character slightly
smaller than the rest of the font, set below
the baseline; used in chemical equations and
as base denotation in math, and sometimes as
the denominator of fractions.
Superscript: a character slightly
smaller than the rest of the font, set above
the baseline, used for footnote markers and sometimes
as the numerator of fractions.
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