Ear |
(1) Space at the top of the front page on each side of the newspaper's name where weather news, index to pages or announcement of special features appears. (2) The projection on letters like lowercase 'g.' |
Edition |
A press run of a newspaper. A daily newspaper generally has more than one edition a day for example, "City Edition", "Lakeshore Edition", "Early Edition", "Late Edition"; also, collection of pages and page layers; E. numbers, additional identifiers for the multiple daily editions, eg. first, second. |
Editorial |
(1) an article that expresses the opinion of the newspaper's editors and usually also reflects the opinion of the publisher or owner of the newspaper (2) the department of the newspaper where news is gathered, written, edited and readied for publication An article (essay) written to express opinion. The opinions expressed may be those of the newspaper's editorial board, or those of a syndicated editorial columnist. Most editorials appear on the editorial page. When they appear elsewhere in The London Free Press, they are labelled as opinion. |
Ellipsis |
A three- or four-dot punctuation mark used to indicate an incomplete thought or a deletion from a quote. |
Em |
A unit of measure in printing, equal to the square of a given face's point size. Traditionally, based on the width of the widest letter, the capital 'M.' |
Em dash |
A dash one em wide, used to indicate missing material or a break in thought. Sometimes spaces are added to either side of the dash. On Windows computers, enter as ALT+0151. |
Em space |
(1) A space one em wide, often used to indent paragraphs. (2) Also called a mutt or mutton. |
Embargo |
The time when something can be released. News may be released early so that news outlets can be ready to publish or air it, but there may be a restriction on when it can be released to the public. Breaking an embargo -- reporting information early -- may cause sources to be less willing to release news. |
En |
A unit of measure in printing, equal to half of a given face's point size, i.e. one-half of an em. |
En dash |
A dash one en wide, used to indicate duration, or to connect numbers (as in "see pages 10-15"). May also be used in compound adjectives such as "post-World War II." Sometimes spaces are added to either side of the dash. On Windows computers, enter as ALT+0150. |
En space |
A space one en wide. Also called a nut or nutt. |
Engraved |
(1) A typeface that mimics the look of copperplate engraving, often used for invitations and announcements. (2) Cut in a frame for text wrap (GN4 term; see also text wrap, wrap text. See Wrapping Text around Objects. |
Engraving |
(GN4) Making text runaround. See Wrapping Text around Objects. |
EPS |
Encapsulated PostScript. A computer document file format used for the exchange of PostScript graphics files between applications. Uses a combination of PostScript commands and TIFF or PICT formats. |
Eroteme |
Another word for question mark. |
Even smalls |
Type set in all small caps, using no full-size capital letters. |
Exchanges |
Copies of newspapers received by a paper when it exchanges subscriptions with other papers. Some large newspapers have an exchange editor to scan these papers. |
Exclusive |
A story printed by only one paper; a scoop |
Expanded |
A typeface whose letters have been made wider without visually adding weight. Also Extended |
Expiration rule |
Expiration Rules are used to determine the objects life time. After the desired time all the objects referencing an expiration rule will get the specified spikeCode or an expiration workflow will be applied to them. An expiration rule can be referenced only by a partition. All the objects referencing that partition will reference also the expiration rule. See Configuring Expiration Rules |
Extended type |
Type with characters that are wider or have more space between them than those of standard width; fewer characters can be used in a line. |
Extra |
An edition other than a regular one. Today it is published only when an event of transcending news importance warrants it. |