Layout Flashcards
(hand-press printing with cold-metal type) compose
set letters and interword spaces
(hand-press printing with cold-metal type) impose
put pages of type on the press
autograph
of manuscripts, in the author’s (as distinct from a scribal) hand
blank
of physical lines, empty of type ; of type, uninked.
catchword
the first word or syllable of a page printed below the last word of
the previous page, as a courtesy to readers(-aloud).
composition
in hand-press printing the process of assembling the individual
pieces of type, including inter-word spaces, in the correct order.
display
the presentation or emphasis of elements by layout.
eisthesis
the indentation of a line or lines by one or more spaces from the left
margin.
epigraph
a short motto or quotation prefixed to a text.
ekthesis
the setting of a line or lines hard to the left margin.
face
of a type, a particular appearance of the letters and numbers, as roman or
italic ; thus any given fount of type will have many faces.
fair copy
a carefully copied text without blots or corrections etc.
foul papers
an author’s drafts with revisions etc., the precursor of fair copy.
fount
(in the USA, ‘font’) of type, a particular design of the letters and numbers ; each fount will comprise designs for each character in a number of faces.
imposition
in hand-press printing the process of arranging the composed type
on the bed of the press ; decisions about leading, ornaments, running-heads, etc.
are involved, and two or more pages will have to be imposed together in any
book or pamphlet format.
indentation
the setting of a line or lines in from the left margin by one or
more spaces.
justified
of text and margins, aligned straight up and down
leading
the amount of white space left between lines, stanzas, or other units of
form, and in the margins.
leaf
a single sheet of paper ; one recto, one verso
lineation
the organisation of a poem into lines
metal page
my coinage for the archetype, at a given time or in general, of
pages printed by metal type ; usually with reference to the typographical and/or
design limits of such pages.
mise-en-page
the actual layout of a given poem (or prose text) on a given
page.
ragged
of text and margins, not justified.
recto
the front of any leaf ; in books, each right-hand page
set, setting
arranging type in order to print ; a portion of type so ordered.
shape-poem
one whose text is organised on the page to depict a shape, or otherwise to involve pictorial as well as verbal representation ; also known as
technopaignia, carmina figurate, and concrete poems.
turn-down, -up ( also turn-over, turned line)
in verse-lines that exceed the measure, that part which is set on the physical line below or above.
verse
the back of any leaf ; in books, each left-hand page.
litterae notabiliores
more noticeable letters - often larger minuscule forms rather than distinct majuscule forms
majuscule forms
handwritten ‘upper-case’
minuscule forms
handwritten ‘lower-case’
