Q Terms
Quad Left refers to a line of type pushed to
the left margin; quad right the other direction. Quad center brings equal
space on both sides, and quad middle inserts space in the middle of a line
so half is justified to the right, and half to the left. This from the hot
metal term quadrat-a piece of metal used to insert spacing at the beginning
middle, or end of a line.
R Terms
Rasterizing It's what happens in PostScript
and ATM (or in the Mac and Windows operating system) to make printable and
displayable type out of the information contained in the font outline. TrueType
is rasterized in the computer operating system-Type 1 needs ATM or PostScript.
Sometimes referred to as rendering.
Recto You probably say right-hand page, or
odd-numbered page. Opposite of verso, the left-hand (or even-numbered) page
in a book layout.
S Terms
Sans Serif You likely know that sans is
French for "without," but may not know William Caslon supposedly
coined the term in 1816.
Second-Coming Type Newspaper term for
the largest type that can fit on the front page.
Screen Font See bitmap.
Stet In Latin it means "let it stand."
We use it when we want someone to know that we don't want any changes made.
Soft Return It's a line ending command
that simply elevates the line without signalling the end of a paragraph.
Usually it's a command+return code, and it's a great way to get to the beginning
of a new line without having all the paragraph formats kick in.
Suitcase The part of a Type 1 font where
the bitmaps are contained. Opening (installing) this makes the font available
to the Mac.
T Terms
TrueDoc From Bitstream, this technology
is another way to embed font information with documents so they come out
looking right at their destination, whatever and wherever it may be. TrueDoc
doesn't embed whole fonts, it makes interim font outlines from the original,
sends them to the receiver and the re-creates working fonts on the other
end.
TrueType This font format was developed
by Apple and Microsoft and is used a great deal among Windows fans. Nothing
wrong with TrueType-some typophiles feel it is actually a superior format
to Type 1. TrueType Open is Microsoft's attempt at a more extended and flexible
format (that includes auto ligatures, alternate characters, etc.), as is Apple's TrueType GX. TrueType fonts are one
piece-that is both the printer outline and screen bitmap information is
rasterized from the same information. Both TrueType and Type 1 will be part
of the new OpenType format proposed for the Web.
Type 1 Originally developed by Adobe as the
standard type format for use with PostScript printers, it was once available
only from them. But soon it became a public format, so now all postscript
fonts are Type 1 (or should be). Type 1 fonts contain two components-the
outline font (used for printing) and the bitmap font suitcase (used for
screen display). Type 1 fonts can be rasterized for the screen in ATM, and
for the printer in PostScript.