Tab |
•Short for tabloid. Refers to any newspaper or section folded to that size. •Tabulation character, typically chr(9) •User interface element: one that allows multiple documents to be contained within a single window, using tabs as a navigational widget for switching between sets of documents. It is an interface style most commonly associated with web browsers, web applications, text editors, and preference panes. GUI tabs are modeled after traditional card tabs inserted in paper files or card indexes (in keeping with the desktop metaphor) |
Tab-delimited file |
A text file with data delimited by chr(9) |
Table |
Information, often numerical, displayed in rows and columns within a ruled box. |
Tabloid |
A newspaper of small page size, usually 11 inches wide and 16 to 18 inches deep; A page half the size of a broadsheet. |
Tabular setting |
Text set in columns such as timetables. |
Tagline |
A story subheading, also called a deck. |
Tags |
(GN4) The GNML commands which make up a style sheet- paragraph settings, hyphenation and justification, widow and orphan control etc. |
Tail |
#(1) bottom edge of a piece of paper, as in printing head-to-head (both sides up) or head-to-tail (back side upside down). (2) See character. |
Take |
A portion of copy in a running story sent down to the composing room in sections |
Takeout |
A longer story that takes a step back from daily, breaking news stories to put a running story with frequent developments into context and perspective. |
Tark |
Tera archiving software suite. |
TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Acronym for the packet-switching conventions used on the Internet. |
Tearsheet |
A full page of the paper, including the folio, that has been clipped out sent to an advertiser as proof that his or her ad has appeared. |
Teaser |
A phrase before a headline that provides information about a story. Also called a kicker. Shows what is in the inside of the paper or previews a story or series. Same as a promo but smaller. |
Template |
(GN4) A standard layout usually containing basic details of the page dimensions, or a text with geometry |
Terminal |
The end of a letter's stroke not ended with a serif. |
Text face |
A font especially suited for large sections of body text; usually serifed and set in sizes from 9 to 12 points. Also called bookface. |
Text frame |
See frame. |
Text wrap |
Using wraparound text to flow text around (or inside) a graphic, image, or other text. Fine-tune the effect by adjusting the standoff and the wrap outline. Also Runaround or text wrap. |
Thin space |
Generally 1/4 or 1/5 of an en space. The thinnest space normally used to separate words. |
Thumb corner |
The upper, outside corner of pages. So-called because that's where a reader might grab them to turn to the next page. |
Thumbnails |
The small-size bitmaps of images and pages. |
Tie-back |
The part of the story that ties it back to something that has already been published. A tie-in is used to connect a story with some other, perhaps more important, story. |
TIF, TIFF |
Tagged Image File Format. TIFF or .TIF is a widely used, quasi-standard format for storing bitmap (paint-type) images in compressed or uncompressed form. |
Tight |
Generally, too full; applies to crowded lines of type, pages, sections, entire editions. A tight paper is one without much room for additional news or advertising. |
Tight rag |
Ragged type set with hyphens, so the edge is relatively even. |
Tilde |
Character 159, or accent on this letter Ñ. |
Tiling |
Method of printing oversize pages by printing a page in smaller parts which can then be pasted together. Also, repeating a fill pattern (or any image) over a larger region. |
Tint |
The effect of adding white to a solid color or of screening a solid area. |
Tip |
Information that may lead to a story |
Title |
(GN4) Publication. Also, headline. |
Title case |
Phrase capitalization style using an initial capital for each word. |
Tombstone |
To place two or more headlines of similar size side by side. Eyes tend to read across from one head into the next. |
Tone |
The range of grays between black and white or the variation in color. |
Tracking (letter spacing) |
The process of reducing the space between characters by a consistent amount. Also, the overall letterspacing in a text block. |
Tracking (production) |
The process of monitoring status of pages and editions. |
Trapping |
Traps are assembled when one color touches another to guard against ordinary and acceptable shift of registration on press. When two colors trap, their edges overlap slightly. (GN4): touching without overlapping. |
Trim |
To reduce the length of a story; same as boil |
TrueType fonts |
Fonts that are scalable and are sometimes generated as bitmaps. They can be scaled to any height and print out exactly as they appear on the screen. |
Turnline |
Tells you to go to the next page where the article continues. |
Turnovers |
In bulleted sections and headlines, the lines that follow the top line, all indented a similar distance. |
TWAIN |
Thing Without An Interesting Name (really!). Standard for graphic-input peripheral devices such as scanners. |
Type |
(General) Printed or typewritten letters or characters. |
Typeface |
A particular rendering of a character set (usually including letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols) that uses a consistent design. Often shortened to face. In DTP, used interchangeably with font. |
Typeface family |
See family. |
Typestyle |
A complete character set reflecting one stylistic variation of a typeface design, such as italic or bold. |
Typo |
Typographical error; a mechanical error in typing a story |
Typography |
The design and planning of printed matter using type. |