Used for aesthetic appeal and to draw the reader’s eye.Įditorial: All non-advertising content in a magazine issue.Įyebrow: A text/design element often used at the tops of article pages - particularly department pages - to indicate the magazine section to which an article belongs.įeature: The “showpiece” articles within a magazine issue, features typically are unique and more involved/elaborate in terms of design. Click here for more information on responsive magazine digital editions.ĭropcap: Sometimes included in the opening paragraph of a magazine article, a dropcap is a relatively large, one-letter design element (usually a capital letter, and usually the first letter of the opening word of the paragraph) that “drops” down alongside several lines of copy in that paragraph. ![]() During the printing process, tiny dots of these four colors are combined in myriad combinations to produce a wide range of colors visible to the naked eye.Ĭutline: Another term for a caption used to describe or annotate photographs and illustrations in a magazine.ĭepartment: An article category that regularly appears in a magazine, departments often have a more consistent look from issue to issue.ĭigital edition: An online version of a magazine issue, coded in web pages, that is intended to be viewer-friendly on - and respond dynamically to accommodate - a wide range of devices (e.g., desktops/laptops, tablets and smartphones). Can include text and/or graphics.ĬMYK: Shorthand for “cyan, magenta, yellow and black,” CMYK stands for the four ink colors utilized in a typical four-color/full-color print run. That element then “bleeds.” Documents that bleed along all outside edges are said to have “full bleeds.”Ĭallout: A design element, usually smaller than a sidebar, used to highlight a specific piece of information not contained within the main body of an article. So, for instance, if a photo or other design element is intended to run to the edge of the magazine, the designer will actually run that element beyond the trim line. Bleeds are needed due to the fact that the trimming process isn’t always perfect, and running content beyond the trim line helps to ensure that unsightly white gaps won’t appear in the final product. ![]() ![]() The extra inked paper that will be trimmed off as part of the finishing process is known as the bleeds, which typically range in width from 1/8″ (0.125″) to 1/4″ (0.25″). It occurred to me recently that, as part of our workflow, we rely on a lot of graphic design terminology that might come across as confusing jargon to new publishers - so I decided to put together a glossary of terms and definitions that hopefully will prevent some of that confusion (this isn’t a complete list, but it should serve as a good starting point):Īdobe Illustrator: The software many designers use to create and modify vector images.Īdobe InDesign: The software many magazine designers use to lay out an issue.Īdobe Photoshop: The software most designers use to manipulate and enhance bitmap images.īitmap images: Images, such as digital photographs, composed of individual pixels (points of color).īleeds: When a magazine or other printed piece goes on press, the printer actually prints on a larger area than the final intended size of the finished magazine (also known as the trim size). Here at Picante, we work on designing and producing magazine issues just about every single day.
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