Computer Printer Glossary - T

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11 terms found.

1. Tabular Ffigures - Numerals designed to have eaual width and used for numbered lists or other situations where a specific tab qidth is required.

2. Tagged Image File Format - TIFF - The standard file format for high-resolution bit-mapped graphics with cross-platform compatibility.

3. Thermal Transfer - The process of transferring dye onto paper using heat.

4. Thumbnail - A small representative copy of a larger image, usually made for initial viewing prior to viewing the larger image. Often a series of thumbnails will be presented on a dingle page allowing the user to select the required image for full viewing.

5. Toner - A dry powdery ink used in the Laser printing process and found in Laser Printers, Copiers and Facsimiles. Toner is composed of plastic, carbon black, and iron oxide for color, which are mixed together, solidified and then ground into a fine powder.

6. Tracking - Also called Letter Spacing, this is the average space found between characters in a specific block of text.

7. True Black - True Black is produced by black ink as distinct from composite black, produced from a mixture of Cyan, Magenta and Yellow, which lacks a true black color.

8. TrueType - Scalable type technology used Windows 3.1 and Apple's System 7.

9. Type 1 - A vector font format originally designed by Adobe Systems for their PostScript language and now the industry standard. Most current operating systems can use or convert Type 1 fonts, early Windows systems need the Adobe Type Manager. Now superseded by OpenType.

10. Typeface - Also called Font. The characters, AlphaNumeric or Symbolic, that collectively make up a font. Often part of a Font Family the typeface may contain variations such as Bold or Italic along with the standard Roman type.

11. Typeface Family - Also called Font Family, a collection of typefaces designed to be used together.

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