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Tabloid
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Using a broadsheet as a measure, one half of a broadsheet.
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Tack
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The adhesive quality of inks.
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Tag
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Grade of dense, strong paper used for products such as badges and file folders.
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Tagged Image File Format
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Computer file format used to store images from scanners and video devices. Abbreviated TIFF.
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Target Ink Densities
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Densities of the four process inks as recommended for various printing processes and grades of paper. See also Total Area Coverage.
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Template
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Concerning a printing project's basic details in regard to its dimensions. A standard layout.
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Tensile Strength
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A paper's ability to withstand pressure.
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Text
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A high quality printing paper.
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Text Paper
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Designation for printing papers with textured surfaces such as laid or linen. Some mills also use 'text' to refer to any paper they consider top-of-the-line, whether or not its surface has a texture.
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Thermography
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A printing process whereby slow drying ink is applied to paper and, while the ink is still wet, is lightly dusted with a resinous powder. The paper then passes through a heat chamber where the powder melts and fuses with the ink to produce a raised surface.
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Thumbnails
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Initial ideas jotted on virtually anything in regard to initial concept of a future project.
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Tiff
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A picture file format often used for scanned images. Used in most drawing and layout programs that treat graphics as line art rather than individual dots. Short for Tagged Image File Format.
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Tint
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(1) Screening or adding white to a solid color for results of lightening that specific color. (2) A halftone screen that contains all the same sized dots. (3) A shade of a single color or combined colors.
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Tip-In
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Usually in the book arena, adding an additional page(s) beyond the normal process.
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Tone Compression
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Reduction in the tonal range from original scene to printed reproduction.
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Tooth
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The rough surfaced finish of papers such as vellum or antique.
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Total Area Coverage
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Total of the dot percentages of the process colors in the final film. Abbreviated for TAC. Also called density of tone, maximum density, shadow saturation, total dot density and total ink coverage.
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Totally Chlorine Free
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Virgin fiber papers that are unbleached or processed with a sequence that includes no chlorine or chlorine derivatives. Abbreviated TCF.
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Touch Plate
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Plate that accents or prints a color that four-color process printing cannot reproduce well enough or at all. Also called kiss plate.
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Transparency
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Positive photographic image on film allowing light to pass through. Also called chrome, color transparency and tranny. Often abbreviated TX.
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Transparent
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Inks that do not block out the colored inks that they print over, but instead blend with them to create intermediate colors.
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Transparent Ink
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A printing ink that does not conceal the color under it.
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Trap
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To print one ink over another or to print a coating, such as varnish, over an ink. The first liquid traps the second liquid. See also Dry Traps and Wet Traps.
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Trapping
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The process of printing wet ink over printed ink, which may be wet or dry.
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Trim Marks
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Similar to crop or register marks. These marks show where to trim the printed sheet.
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Trim Size
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The size of the printed material in its finished stage (e.g., the finished trim size is 5 1\2 x 8 1\2).
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True-Type Fonts
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Scalable fonts for both Windows and Mac software.
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Twin Wire Machine
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Fourdrinier papermaking machines with two wires, instead of a wire and felt side. This assures higher quality when two sides are used for printing.
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Two-Sidedness
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The difference in feel and appearance of either side of a sheet of paper due to the papermaking process having a felt and wire side.
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Type 1 Fonts
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Font that allows type to be scaled to any size.
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