I - J Flashcards
IBC
abbreviation for inside back cover
IFC
abbreviation for the inside front cover
Illumination
or to illuminate; the art of decorating letters or pages with ink and embossing techniques. The art of illumination is most commonly known from medieval Christian texts, wherein the first letter of a text or section of text was enlarged, embellished, and framed with great artistry. Most illuminations for such texts are unique, the monks and scribes responsible for copying the text did so by hand
Indent
the space placed at the beginning of a line to indicate a paragraph break, or to offset a selection of text
Index
an alphabetized reference list at the end of the text consisting of the names and topics as well as the corresponding pages on which they are found
Inferior Character
also called subscript, small character or set of characters placed below the baseline of text, most commonly used to typeset chemical formulas
Initial Cap
the first letter of body text in a display size and decorative font intended to introduce a new section of type; intended as a design element to indicate the beginning of text, the initial cap commonly shares a baseline with the first line of the body copy
Intaglio
also known as gravure, method of printing in which a metal substrate is etched or engraved, and the ink lies in the incision in the plate surface before being transferred to paper
Italic
type style with characters slanted upward to the right, used to emphasize a word or passage
Jump Head
a headline positioned at the top of a story that continues from a previous page; a jump head is usually an abbreviated version of the original title
Justify
typesetting term referring to text type that is aligned vertically along both the left-hand and right-hand margins. The last line of paragraph text is not forced to the margin
