Glossary
We’ve curated a glossary of terms regarding all things writing and publishing related. From commonly-used terms to abbreviations, our glossary will guide writers and people starting out in publishing, to cut through the jargon and gain a better understanding.
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Saddle stitch binding
Securing pages through stitches or staples in the spine of a book or booklet.
Sans serif
A style of printing letters with all lines of equal thickness and no serifs. Sans faces are less easy to read than seriffed faces and they are rarely used for continuous text, although some magazines use them for text matter.
Scatter proof
A scatter proof is usually a large sheet (either A1 or A2) which only shows images for colour approval.
Simile
Where one thing is said to be like another to invite comparison and emphasise a similarity.
A more extensive list of literary terms, with quotations from fiction and non-fiction sources showing the terms in use, is included in The Right Word: A Writer’s Toolkit of Grammar, Vocabulary and Literary Terms (Bloomsbury 2021)
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Soft proof
A soft proof is a non-hard copy, sample of a job which is displayed on a calibrated and high-definition screen.