A group from Chicago visited Constant Variable last week. One student explains his mother is a publisher and that she compiled an on-line glossary of terms used in her mixed practice of printing, publishing and writing. It is stunning.
For example, under W:
word spacing:
The amount of space between each word in typeset text.
word-of-mouth:
An informal means of promoting a product from one person to another.
work and tumble:
To print one side of a sheet of paper, then turn the sheet over from gripper edge to back using the same side guide and plate to print the second side.
work and turn:
To print one side of a sheet of paper, then turn the sheet over from left to right using the same gripper and plate to print the second side.
work for hire:
A type of agreement in which the writer or designer sells the complete rights to a work to a publisher.