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H&J:
Hyphenation and Justification. An algorithm that determines line endings and spacing, used by typesetting systems and page layout programs. Sophisticated programs allow the user to adjust H&J parameters.

hairline:
A finely ruled line, measuring one half (0.5) point.

hairline register:
To register color separations within one half (0.5) point.

hairline rule:
A finely ruled line, measuring one half (0.5) point.

halation:
An undesirable blurred effect in photographs that resembles a halo, usually occurring in highlighted areas or around bright objects.

half title:
The title of a book found on the page that precedes the title page. Also called a bastard title.

half-fold:
A one-page brochure that is folded once, forming two halves.

halftone:
The reproduction of continuous-tone artwork, such as a photograph, by screening the image into dots of various sizes. When printed, the dots merge to give the illusion of continuous tone.

hanging indent:
When the first line of a paragraph starts to the left of the rest of the lines of the paragraph.

hard copy:
The tangible output, usually on laser paper or photographic paper, from an electronic file.

hardcover:
A book bound with boards. Also called case-bound, hard-bound, and hardback.

hard dot:
A dot in photographic images that has no noticeable halation around its edges.

hard hyphen:
A permanent hyphen that is manually inserted in a word, as opposed to a soft hyphen, which is inserted using a software command and which would go away if the text were to reflow.

hard proof:
A proof on tangible output, such as laser paper, film, or photographic paper, as opposed to a soft proof, which is an image on a computer monitor.

hard return:
A permanent return that is manually inserted at the end of a line of text, as opposed to a soft return, which is inserted using a software command and which would go away if the text were to reflow.

hard-bound:
A book bound with sturdy cardboard, also called hardcover, hardback, and casebound.

hardback:
A book bound with sturdy cardboard, also called hardcover, hard-bound, and casebound.

hardcover:
A book bound with sturdy cardboard, also called hardback, hard-bound, and casebound.

head:
Short for headline. The display-size text at the top of an article or story.

head margin:
The top of a page above the headline or text.

headband:
The reinforcing cloth at the top and bottom of the spine of a hardcover book.

header:
1. A headline or title that appears at the top of a page. 2. In e-mail, the portion of a message that includes information such as To, From, Subject, and Date.

headline:
The display-size text, usually placed at the top of an article or advertisement, that summarizes the message or acts as an attention-getter.

Hexachrome:
A recently introduced six-color process printing system from Pantone, Inc.

Hi-Fi Color:
Short for High-Fidelity Color. A term that describes any color specification and printing system that enhances the traditional four-color process system, such as Hexachrome.

hickey:
A spot or imperfection in a printed piece due to such things as dirt on the press and loose paper particles.

high contrast:
A photographic reproduction that contains higher density levels than usual.

highlight:
The lightest or whitest parts of a photograph.

home page:
The opening collection of text and graphics on a World Wide Web site.

horizontal format:
A page or image that is in landscape orientation, to be viewed horizontally.

hot type:
Cast metal type.

house organ:
An in-house newsletter.

HSL:
Hue, Saturation, and Lightness.

HTML:
Hypertext Markup Language. A programming language used on the World Wide Web that allows digital documents to contain links to other documents.

http:
Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A set of rules that governs the transfer of documents over the World Wide Web.

hue:
The attribute of a color that distinguishes it from other colors.

hydrophilic:
A property of an object or substrate that causes water to adhere to it.

hydrophobic:
A property of an object or substrate that causes it to repel water.

hyphenation & justification:
The process of deciding where to break words and lines of text on a page, done automatically via h&j algorithms in page layout programs.

hypo:
Short for sodium hyposulfite, a chemical used to fix the image on photographic film.

 
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